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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.530486
Energy at 298.15K-614.536584
HF Energy-614.530486
Nuclear repulsion energy159.437858
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 M06-2X/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' 3912 3718 44.30      
2 A' 3131 2976 13.15      
3 A' 3048 2897 35.44      
4 A' 1543 1467 2.51      
5 A' 1506 1432 5.72      
6 A' 1470 1397 2.95      
7 A' 1313 1248 2.83      
8 A' 1244 1182 63.93      
9 A' 1140 1084 83.60      
10 A' 1049 997 17.61      
11 A' 810 770 71.04      
12 A' 401 381 2.23      
13 A' 253 241 9.50      
14 A" 3200 3042 6.55      
15 A" 3092 2939 43.10      
16 A" 1308 1243 0.04      
17 A" 1217 1156 1.18      
18 A" 1069 1016 3.51      
19 A" 799 759 0.00      
20 A" 357 339 140.87      
21 A" 135 128 9.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15997.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15204.4 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 M06-2X/6-31G**
ABC
0.98352 0.08208 0.07799

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.971 -0.557 0.000
C2 0.000 0.609 0.000
Cl3 -1.686 0.008 0.000
O4 2.259 0.019 0.000
H5 0.792 -1.177 0.889
H6 0.792 -1.177 -0.889
H7 0.139 1.223 0.890
H8 0.139 1.223 -0.890
H9 2.912 -0.687 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51702.71631.41131.09871.09872.15682.15681.9461
C21.51701.79022.33432.14662.14661.08991.08993.1876
Cl32.71631.79023.94512.88762.88762.36612.36614.6509
O41.41132.33433.94512.09122.09122.59502.59500.9625
H51.09872.14662.88762.09121.77862.48733.05802.3507
H61.09872.14662.88762.09121.77863.05802.48732.3507
H72.15681.08992.36612.59502.48733.05801.77943.4831
H82.15681.08992.36612.59503.05802.48731.77943.4831
H91.94613.18764.65090.96252.35072.35073.48313.4831

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 110.165 C1 C2 H7 110.584
C1 C2 H8 110.584 C1 O4 H9 108.663
C2 C1 O4 105.666 C2 C1 H5 109.259
C2 C1 H6 109.259 Cl3 C2 H7 107.999
Cl3 C2 H8 107.999 O4 C1 H5 112.251
O4 C1 H6 112.251 H5 C1 H6 108.085
H7 C2 H8 109.434
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.039      
2 C -0.338      
3 Cl -0.079      
4 O -0.571      
5 H 0.121      
6 H 0.121      
7 H 0.185      
8 H 0.185      
9 H 0.338      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.918 -1.025 0.000 2.175
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.936 -4.340 0.000
y -4.340 -29.716 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.335
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.410 -4.340 0.000
y -4.340 1.920 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.510
Polar
3z2-r2-1.019
x2-y2-2.220
xy-4.340
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.840 0.193 0.000
y 0.193 4.585 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.115


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.434
(<r2>)1/2 11.723