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

using model chemistry: LSDA/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at LSDA/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-112.904536
Energy at 298.15K-112.907090
HF Energy-112.904536
Nuclear repulsion energy34.397054
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 LSDA/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 3685 3300 12.41      
2 A 3497 3131 1.36      
3 A 3302 2957 0.43      
4 A 1573 1408 4.90      
5 A 1488 1332 18.21      
6 A 1291 1157 16.59      
7 A 1082 969 21.39      
8 A 686 614 73.67      
9 A 554 496 28.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8578.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8955) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7681.7 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 LSDA/STO-3G
ABC
5.89108 0.96049 0.83889

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.696 0.028 -0.086
O2 -0.689 -0.134 0.027
H3 1.240 -0.900 0.138
H4 1.147 0.982 0.229
H5 -1.047 0.826 -0.070

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.39901.09851.10181.9173
O21.39902.07862.15841.0295
H31.09852.07861.88662.8730
H41.10182.15841.88662.2199
H51.91731.02952.87302.2199

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 103.221 O2 C1 H3 112.105
O2 C1 H4 118.843 H3 C1 H4 118.061
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.176      
2 O -0.186      
3 H 0.077      
4 H 0.067      
5 H 0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.415 1.354 0.331 1.454
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.015 -1.588 0.624
y -1.588 -10.003 -0.023
z 0.624 -0.023 -12.097
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.035 -1.588 0.624
y -1.588 1.554 -0.023
z 0.624 -0.023 -1.588
Polar
3z2-r2-3.177
x2-y2-1.012
xy-1.588
xz0.624
yz-0.023


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.772 -0.270 -0.005
y -0.270 1.280 -0.015
z -0.005 -0.015 0.364


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.282
(<r2>)1/2 4.504