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All results from a given calculation for CH3O (Methoxy radical)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.015408
Energy at 298.15K-115.018253
Nuclear repulsion energy34.123941
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/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 2893 2871 57.13      
2 A 2855 2833 45.82      
3 A 2784 2762 1.05      
4 A 1499 1488 6.26      
5 A 1323 1313 18.83      
6 A 1315 1305 11.80      
7 A 1082 1074 7.19      
8 A 937 930 1.51      
9 A 760 755 75.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7724.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7664.6 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/6-31G**
ABC
5.18927 0.92062 0.91354

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.573 0.000 -0.016
O2 0.797 0.000 -0.008
H3 -0.878 -0.001 1.064
H4 -1.031 0.918 -0.450
H5 -1.031 -0.917 -0.452

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37041.12251.11341.1134
O21.37041.98932.09322.0931
H31.12251.98931.77721.7770
H41.11342.09321.77721.8342
H51.11342.09311.77701.8342

picture of Methoxy radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 C1 H3 105.441 O2 C1 H4 114.460
O2 C1 H5 114.451 H3 C1 H4 105.278
H3 C1 H5 105.262 H4 C1 H5 110.903
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.046      
2 O -0.295      
3 H 0.142      
4 H 0.100      
5 H 0.100      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.964 -0.001 0.274 1.983
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.163 0.001 -0.303
y 0.001 -12.622 -0.001
z -0.303 -0.001 -11.538
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.083 0.001 -0.303
y 0.001 -0.271 -0.001
z -0.303 -0.001 1.355
Polar
3z2-r22.710
x2-y2-0.541
xy0.001
xz-0.303
yz-0.001


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.948
(<r2>)1/2 4.577