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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCH2OH (2-Chloroethanol)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.594477
Energy at 298.15K-614.600376
HF Energy-614.594477
Nuclear repulsion energy159.674992
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3833 3639 31.32      
2 A' 3142 2983 15.60      
3 A' 3040 2885 39.95      
4 A' 1558 1479 2.56      
5 A' 1522 1444 5.00      
6 A' 1479 1404 3.18      
7 A' 1326 1259 0.80      
8 A' 1250 1187 60.78      
9 A' 1120 1063 85.42      
10 A' 1045 992 18.34      
11 A' 793 753 70.99      
12 A' 393 373 2.10      
13 A' 245 232 10.14      
14 A" 3209 3046 7.87      
15 A" 3081 2925 46.85      
16 A" 1318 1252 0.09      
17 A" 1224 1162 0.78      
18 A" 1082 1027 3.67      
19 A" 810 769 0.06      
20 A" 230 218 134.18      
21 A" 127 121 16.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15913.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15106.3 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.98870 0.08228 0.07819

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.969 -0.557 0.000
C2 0.000 0.605 0.000
Cl3 -1.684 0.011 0.000
O4 2.256 0.017 0.000
H5 0.792 -1.178 0.888
H6 0.792 -1.178 -0.888
H7 0.139 1.221 0.887
H8 0.139 1.221 -0.887
H9 2.904 -0.698 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51302.71301.40951.09761.09762.15322.15321.9401
C21.51301.78602.33192.14342.14341.08891.08893.1828
Cl32.71301.78603.94062.88622.88622.36132.36134.6423
O41.40952.33193.94062.08812.08812.59242.59240.9641
H51.09762.14342.88622.08811.77502.48593.05452.3408
H61.09762.14342.88622.08811.77503.05452.48592.3408
H72.15321.08892.36132.59242.48593.05451.77483.4802
H82.15321.08892.36132.59243.05452.48591.77483.4802
H91.94013.18284.64230.96412.34082.34083.48023.4802

picture of 2-Chloroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 110.371 C1 C2 H7 110.635
C1 C2 H8 110.635 C1 O4 H9 108.175
C2 C1 O4 105.807 C2 C1 H5 109.344
C2 C1 H6 109.344 Cl3 C2 H7 107.975
Cl3 C2 H8 107.975 O4 C1 H5 112.190
O4 C1 H6 112.190 H5 C1 H6 107.913
H7 C2 H8 109.168
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.060      
2 C -0.421      
3 Cl -0.074      
4 O -0.630      
5 H 0.161      
6 H 0.161      
7 H 0.224      
8 H 0.224      
9 H 0.414      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.896 -1.037 0.000 2.161
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.683 -4.347 0.000
y -4.347 -29.480 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.125
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.380 -4.347 0.000
y -4.347 1.923 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.543
Polar
3z2-r2-1.086
x2-y2-2.202
xy-4.347
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.722 0.155 0.000
y 0.155 4.510 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.014


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.975
(<r2>)1/2 11.704