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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.590312
Energy at 298.15K-115.594479
HF Energy-115.590312
Nuclear repulsion energy40.374224
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' 3854 3705 28.26 72.80 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3139 3019 28.88 79.77 0.54 0.71
3 A' 2995 2879 62.91 150.80 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1488 1431 4.00 16.27 0.72 0.83
5 A' 1468 1412 7.47 6.77 0.63 0.77
6 A' 1383 1330 27.92 1.57 0.75 0.86
7 A' 1126 1082 50.75 5.77 0.49 0.65
8 A' 1072 1031 68.28 1.01 0.51 0.68
9 A" 3050 2933 76.32 81.52 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1468 1412 2.40 17.23 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1162 1118 0.50 4.62 0.75 0.86
12 A" 337 324 114.85 3.29 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11271.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10837.6 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
4.22864 0.83663 0.80668

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.652 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.097 0.977 0.000
H4 0.437 1.088 0.896
H5 0.437 1.088 -0.896
H6 0.873 -1.041 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40551.10001.10771.10771.9272
O21.40552.02442.10382.10380.9639
H31.10002.02441.78091.78092.8209
H41.10772.10381.78091.79252.3505
H51.10772.10381.78091.79252.3505
H61.92720.96392.82092.35052.3505

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 107.383 O2 C1 H3 107.174
O2 C1 H4 113.141 O2 C1 H5 113.141
H3 C1 H4 107.542 H3 C1 H5 107.542
H4 C1 H5 108.019
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 0.036      
2 O -0.288      
3 H 0.053      
4 H 0.027      
5 H 0.027      
6 H 0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.356 0.781 0.000 1.565
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.543 -2.013 0.000
y -2.013 -12.959 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.492
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.682 -2.013 0.000
y -2.013 -0.442 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.241
Polar
3z2-r2-2.482
x2-y21.416
xy-2.013
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.454 -0.145 0.000
y -0.145 2.613 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.183


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.392
(<r2>)1/2 4.837