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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.934213
Energy at 298.15K-114.936744
HF Energy-114.934213
Nuclear repulsion energy35.313917
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/cc-pVDZ
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 3857 3708 59.19      
2 A 3283 3157 16.14      
3 A 3133 3013 20.74      
4 A 1471 1415 12.60      
5 A 1370 1317 27.66      
6 A 1251 1203 97.83      
7 A 1054 1013 42.12      
8 A 613 589 74.93      
9 A 441 424 71.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8236.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7919.3 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
6.31977 1.00507 0.87698

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.679 0.028 -0.071
O2 -0.669 -0.126 0.024
H3 1.231 -0.896 0.111
H4 1.126 0.994 0.186
H5 -1.082 0.741 -0.067

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35961.09101.09521.8996
O21.35962.05132.12110.9645
H31.09102.05131.89452.8386
H41.09522.12111.89452.2360
H51.89960.96452.83862.2360

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 108.446 O2 C1 H3 113.201
O2 C1 H4 119.157 H3 C1 H4 120.117
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.066      
2 O -0.189      
3 H 0.056      
4 H 0.041      
5 H 0.159      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.128 1.458 0.226 1.481
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.416 -2.031 0.618
y -2.031 -10.841 -0.041
z 0.618 -0.041 -13.841
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.925 -2.031 0.618
y -2.031 1.788 -0.041
z 0.618 -0.041 -2.712
Polar
3z2-r2-5.424
x2-y2-0.575
xy-2.031
xz0.618
yz-0.041


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.732 -0.138 0.056
y -0.138 2.308 0.009
z 0.056 0.009 1.359


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.366
(<r2>)1/2 4.513