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All results from a given calculation for CH2OH (Hydroxymethyl radical)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.384149
Energy at 298.15K-114.386631
HF Energy-114.384149
Nuclear repulsion energy34.704822
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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 3590 3409 14.77      
2 A 3309 3142 21.83      
3 A 3153 2994 16.76      
4 A 1521 1445 3.55      
5 A 1382 1312 32.35      
6 A 1169 1110 58.84      
7 A 1056 1003 74.30      
8 A 583 554 138.05      
9 A 420 399 81.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8091.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7683.7 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
6.38468 0.95780 0.84140

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.699 0.030 -0.065
O2 -0.683 -0.126 0.028
H3 1.235 -0.896 0.078
H4 1.162 0.979 0.187
H5 -1.129 0.746 -0.099

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.39341.07941.08541.9637
O21.39342.06702.15570.9875
H31.07942.06701.87962.8837
H41.08542.15571.87962.3206
H51.96370.98752.88372.3206

picture of Hydroxymethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 109.958 O2 C1 H3 112.803
O2 C1 H4 120.328 H3 C1 H4 120.511
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.230      
2 O -0.544      
3 H 0.215      
4 H 0.184      
5 H 0.375      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.066 1.712 0.172 1.721
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.127 -2.321 0.765
y -2.321 -10.752 -0.045
z 0.765 -0.045 -13.792
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.145 -2.321 0.765
y -2.321 1.707 -0.045
z 0.765 -0.045 -2.852
Polar
3z2-r2-5.704
x2-y2-0.374
xy-2.321
xz0.765
yz-0.045


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.592 -0.203 0.039
y -0.203 2.038 -0.004
z 0.039 -0.004 0.796


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.767
(<r2>)1/2 4.557