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All results from a given calculation for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.118907
Energy at 298.15K-114.123032
HF Energy-114.118907
Nuclear repulsion energy38.643016
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 BLYP/STO-3G
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' 3484 3224 53.53 36.25 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3315 3067 3.56 32.52 0.65 0.79
3 A' 3097 2866 23.95 45.82 0.03 0.06
4 A' 1639 1517 3.15 17.40 0.75 0.86
5 A' 1554 1438 3.68 5.20 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1538 1423 7.58 9.36 0.66 0.80
7 A' 1099 1017 1.11 5.90 0.42 0.59
8 A' 1028 951 19.54 0.58 0.34 0.51
9 A" 3219 2978 27.91 31.65 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1614 1493 2.37 16.18 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1134 1050 0.43 5.43 0.75 0.86
12 A" 403 373 54.53 6.74 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11562.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10697.5 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
3.93517 0.76536 0.73294

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.687 0.000
O2 -0.052 -0.800 0.000
H3 -1.121 1.002 0.000
H4 0.440 1.131 0.906
H5 0.440 1.131 -0.906
H6 0.976 -0.991 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.48721.11431.12261.12261.9683
O21.48722.09512.18902.18901.0457
H31.11432.09511.80961.80962.8931
H41.12262.18901.80961.81212.3690
H51.12262.18901.80961.81212.3690
H61.96831.04572.89312.36902.3690

picture of Methyl alcohol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 100.546 O2 C1 H3 106.408
O2 C1 H4 113.284 O2 C1 H5 113.284
H3 C1 H4 107.997 H3 C1 H5 107.997
H4 C1 H5 107.636
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.137      
2 O -0.217      
3 H 0.077      
4 H 0.062      
5 H 0.062      
6 H 0.154      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.076 0.699 0.000 1.283
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.941 -1.265 0.000
y -1.265 -12.356 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.366
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.420 -1.265 0.000
y -1.265 -0.702 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.718
Polar
3z2-r2-1.436
x2-y21.415
xy-1.265
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.438 -0.259 0.000
y -0.259 1.571 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.900


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.199
(<r2>)1/2 4.919