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All results from a given calculation for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.619481
Energy at 298.15K-115.623646
HF Energy-115.619481
Nuclear repulsion energy40.450566
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3904 3745 27.62 66.45 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3132 3005 31.95 73.33 0.53 0.69
3 A' 2997 2875 63.40 143.16 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1508 1447 3.99 14.38 0.72 0.83
5 A' 1487 1427 5.28 6.28 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1384 1327 26.10 2.09 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1112 1067 32.13 6.60 0.46 0.63
8 A' 1075 1032 90.23 0.57 0.68 0.81
9 A" 3047 2923 76.65 74.12 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1490 1429 3.01 15.30 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1174 1127 0.32 4.59 0.75 0.86
12 A" 333 319 126.20 2.91 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11320.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10861.2 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
4.28049 0.83603 0.80676

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.656 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.090 0.976 0.000
H4 0.436 1.080 0.892
H5 0.436 1.080 -0.892
H6 0.866 -1.044 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40891.09161.09921.09921.9295
O21.40892.01982.09522.09520.9578
H31.09162.01981.77031.77032.8122
H41.09922.09521.77031.78372.3441
H51.09922.09521.77031.78372.3441
H61.92950.95782.81222.34412.3441

picture of Methyl alcohol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 107.696 O2 C1 H3 107.074
O2 C1 H4 112.725 O2 C1 H5 112.725
H3 C1 H4 107.814 H3 C1 H5 107.814
H4 C1 H5 108.461
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.155      
2 O -0.404      
3 H 0.122      
4 H 0.099      
5 H 0.099      
6 H 0.238      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.438 0.921 0.000 1.707
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.619 -2.125 0.000
y -2.125 -13.088 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.585
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.718 -2.125 0.000
y -2.125 -0.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.231
Polar
3z2-r2-2.462
x2-y21.469
xy-2.125
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.525 -0.135 0.000
y -0.135 2.664 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.266


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.407
(<r2>)1/2 4.838