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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2OH (Ethanol)

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.009532
Energy at 298.15K-155.016104
HF Energy-155.009532
Nuclear repulsion energy81.444384
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 B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3773 3724 19.18 111.79 0.24 0.38
2 A' 3052 3013 31.73 59.03 0.75 0.85
3 A' 2981 2943 19.18 166.09 0.00 0.00
4 A' 2913 2875 76.53 136.29 0.07 0.13
5 A' 1495 1475 1.22 2.18 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1473 1454 3.11 7.92 0.75 0.86
7 A' 1414 1396 11.33 1.25 0.39 0.56
8 A' 1373 1355 1.28 0.05 0.29 0.44
9 A' 1244 1228 58.12 1.31 0.64 0.78
10 A' 1070 1056 22.12 6.07 0.38 0.55
11 A' 1002 989 70.05 4.78 0.19 0.32
12 A' 872 861 17.20 5.26 0.20 0.33
13 A' 411 406 10.75 0.33 0.62 0.76
14 A" 3056 3016 35.97 43.52 0.75 0.86
15 A" 2938 2900 54.59 106.16 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1455 1437 5.91 4.63 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1270 1253 0.04 4.24 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1152 1137 2.55 0.61 0.75 0.86
19 A" 805 794 0.23 0.17 0.75 0.86
20 A" 269 266 60.27 1.10 0.75 0.86
21 A" 229 226 51.83 0.51 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17123.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.987) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16901.3 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 B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.16886 0.30918 0.26936

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.181 -0.401 0.000
C2 0.000 0.555 0.000
O3 -1.205 -0.224 0.000
H4 -1.957 0.379 0.000
H5 2.122 0.160 0.000
H6 1.158 -1.041 0.887
H7 1.158 -1.041 -0.887
H8 0.038 1.204 0.890
H9 0.038 1.204 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51872.39203.23291.09511.09431.09432.16122.1612
C21.51871.43441.96482.15812.16182.16181.10161.1016
O32.39201.43440.96363.34852.65262.65262.09092.0909
H43.23291.96480.96364.08443.53593.53592.33442.3344
H51.09512.15813.34854.08441.77701.77702.49482.4948
H61.09432.16182.65263.53591.77701.77422.50843.0738
H71.09432.16182.65263.53591.77701.77423.07382.5084
H82.16121.10162.09092.33442.49482.50843.07381.7791
H92.16121.10162.09092.33442.49483.07382.50841.7791

picture of Ethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 108.157 C1 C2 H8 110.112
C1 C2 H9 110.112 C2 C1 H5 110.258
C2 C1 H6 110.592 C2 C1 H7 110.592
C2 O3 H4 108.436 O3 C2 H8 110.383
O3 C2 H9 110.383 H5 C1 H6 108.507
H5 C1 H7 108.507 H6 C1 H7 108.316
H8 C2 H9 107.701
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.307      
2 C 0.088      
3 O -0.574      
4 H 0.206      
5 H 0.123      
6 H 0.122      
7 H 0.122      
8 H 0.109      
9 H 0.109      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.148 1.549 0.000 1.556
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.040 -2.420 0.000
y -2.420 -20.249 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.411
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.290 -2.420 0.000
y -2.420 -1.024 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.266
Polar
3z2-r2-2.532
x2-y22.209
xy-2.420
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.582 -0.134 0.000
y -0.134 4.959 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.594


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 54.810
(<r2>)1/2 7.403