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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.311175
Energy at 298.15K-614.316938
HF Energy-614.311175
Nuclear repulsion energy158.122235
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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
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' 3739 3705 28.71      
2 A' 3027 3000 17.48      
3 A' 2917 2890 42.48      
4 A' 1475 1461 1.52      
5 A' 1442 1429 3.05      
6 A' 1408 1395 0.91      
7 A' 1266 1254 0.16      
8 A' 1205 1194 48.47      
9 A' 1034 1025 71.25      
10 A' 1001 992 30.31      
11 A' 747 740 68.50      
12 A' 377 374 1.98      
13 A' 239 237 9.49      
14 A" 3090 3062 9.03      
15 A" 2954 2927 41.99      
16 A" 1262 1250 0.00      
17 A" 1166 1155 0.08      
18 A" 1029 1019 5.14      
19 A" 786 779 0.39      
20 A" 194 192 110.61      
21 A" 119 118 20.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15237.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15099.0 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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
ABC
0.97417 0.08058 0.07662

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.983 -0.555 0.000
C2 0.000 0.606 0.000
Cl3 -1.702 -0.003 0.000
O4 2.280 0.042 0.000
H5 0.810 -1.181 0.897
H6 0.810 -1.181 -0.897
H7 0.128 1.225 0.896
H8 0.128 1.225 -0.896
H9 2.929 -0.679 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52142.74141.42851.10701.10702.16902.16901.9503
C21.52141.80802.34892.15732.15731.09681.09683.1985
Cl32.74141.80803.98292.91622.91622.37912.37914.6806
O41.42852.34893.98292.11242.11242.61462.61460.9699
H51.10702.15732.91622.11241.79332.50123.07742.3554
H61.10702.15732.91622.11241.79333.07742.50122.3554
H72.16901.09682.37912.61462.50123.07741.79263.5037
H82.16901.09682.37912.61463.07742.50121.79263.5037
H91.95033.19854.68060.96992.35542.35543.50373.5037

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 110.559 C1 C2 H7 110.837
C1 C2 H8 110.837 C1 O4 H9 107.271
C2 C1 O4 105.510 C2 C1 H5 109.312
C2 C1 H6 109.312 Cl3 C2 H7 107.438
Cl3 C2 H8 107.438 O4 C1 H5 112.227
O4 C1 H6 112.227 H5 C1 H6 108.182
H7 C2 H8 109.613
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.050      
2 C -0.348      
3 Cl -0.103      
4 O -0.372      
5 H 0.126      
6 H 0.126      
7 H 0.188      
8 H 0.188      
9 H 0.243      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.967 -1.003 0.000 2.208
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.364 -4.192 0.000
y -4.192 -30.450 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.893
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.192 -4.192 0.000
y -4.192 1.678 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.485
Polar
3z2-r2-0.971
x2-y2-1.913
xy-4.192
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.648 0.162 0.000
y 0.162 5.067 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.327


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.836
(<r2>)1/2 11.825