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

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

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.460339
Energy at 298.15K-114.462812
HF Energy-114.460339
Nuclear repulsion energy35.342948
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/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 3746 3676 44.79      
2 A 3217 3157 14.16      
3 A 3070 3013 17.60      
4 A 1447 1420 7.23      
5 A 1325 1300 12.59      
6 A 1250 1227 96.69      
7 A 1026 1007 54.02      
8 A 553 542 121.74      
9 A 435 427 56.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8034.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7884.1 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/6-31G**
ABC
6.30699 1.01081 0.88025

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.676 0.029 -0.067
O2 0.665 -0.127 0.025
H3 -1.232 -0.897 0.096
H4 -1.126 0.997 0.180
H5 1.092 0.743 -0.076

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35371.09151.09601.9070
O21.35372.04862.12080.9743
H31.09152.04861.89832.8492
H41.09602.12081.89832.2475
H51.90700.97432.84922.2475

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 108.914 O2 C1 H3 113.384
O2 C1 H4 119.569 H3 C1 H4 120.410
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.171      
2 O -0.426      
3 H 0.137      
4 H 0.115      
5 H 0.345      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.273 1.538 0.226 1.579
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.350 2.149 -0.675
y 2.149 -10.814 -0.040
z -0.675 -0.040 -13.939
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.026 2.149 -0.675
y 2.149 1.831 -0.040
z -0.675 -0.040 -2.857
Polar
3z2-r2-5.714
x2-y2-0.536
xy2.149
xz-0.675
yz-0.040


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.793 0.159 -0.060
y 0.159 2.352 0.008
z -0.060 0.008 1.218


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.343
(<r2>)1/2 4.510