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All results from a given calculation for CH2(OH)2 (methanediol)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.943179
Energy at 298.15K-190.948434
HF Energy-190.943179
Nuclear repulsion energy80.463245
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/6-311G*
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 3597 3588 2.47      
2 A 2945 2938 76.30      
3 A 1494 1490 0.61      
4 A 1375 1372 4.98      
5 A 1181 1178 5.02      
6 A 981 978 97.32      
7 A 565 563 100.34      
8 A 404 403 28.50      
9 B 3598 3589 4.48      
10 B 2991 2983 69.20      
11 B 1426 1423 69.87      
12 B 1346 1343 18.91      
13 B 1006 1004 136.02      
14 B 972 970 118.74      
15 B 433 432 206.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12156.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12126.3 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
1.36787 0.33110 0.29341

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.537
O2 0.000 1.188 -0.248
O3 0.000 -1.188 -0.248
H4 -0.899 -0.087 1.168
H5 0.899 0.087 1.168
H6 -0.812 1.173 -0.791
H7 0.812 -1.173 -0.791

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.42431.42431.10191.10191.94921.9492
O21.42432.37652.10742.00640.97712.5551
O31.42432.37652.00642.10742.55510.9771
H41.10192.10742.00641.80712.33082.8186
H51.10192.00642.10741.80712.81862.3308
H61.94920.97712.55512.33082.81862.8531
H71.94922.55510.97712.81862.33082.8531

picture of methanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 107.044 C1 O3 H7 107.044
O2 C1 O3 113.071 O2 C1 H4 112.442
O2 C1 H5 104.445 O3 C1 H4 104.445
O3 C1 H5 112.442 H4 C1 H5 110.172
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.055      
2 O -0.512      
3 O -0.512      
4 H 0.185      
5 H 0.185      
6 H 0.355      
7 H 0.355      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.313 0.313
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.856 -3.506 0.000
y -3.506 -22.740 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.466
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.747 -3.506 0.000
y -3.506 -6.579 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.832
Polar
3z2-r25.664
x2-y26.884
xy-3.506
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.036 -0.239 0.000
y -0.239 3.253 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.135


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.453
(<r2>)1/2 6.816