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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.949951
Energy at 298.15K-114.952523
HF Energy-114.949951
Nuclear repulsion energy35.417112
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 3863 3702 33.95      
2 A 3276 3140 23.58      
3 A 3128 2998 29.56      
4 A 1503 1440 9.59      
5 A 1390 1332 37.13      
6 A 1243 1191 103.26      
7 A 1083 1038 49.28      
8 A 656 629 81.35      
9 A 460 441 101.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8300.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7955.7 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
6.41682 1.00662 0.88155

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.680 0.029 -0.075
O2 -0.666 -0.124 0.028
H3 1.223 -0.889 0.109
H4 1.119 0.985 0.203
H5 -1.096 0.726 -0.085

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35851.08211.08741.9080
O21.35852.03882.10820.9594
H31.08212.03881.87882.8321
H41.08742.10821.87882.2483
H51.90800.95942.83212.2483

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 109.603 O2 C1 H3 112.823
O2 C1 H4 118.656 H3 C1 H4 119.996
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 -0.340      
2 O -0.486      
3 H 0.221      
4 H 0.198      
5 H 0.407      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.058 1.628 0.233 1.646
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.476 -2.270 0.789
y -2.270 -10.923 -0.041
z 0.789 -0.041 -14.184
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.078 -2.270 0.789
y -2.270 1.907 -0.041
z 0.789 -0.041 -2.985
Polar
3z2-r2-5.970
x2-y2-0.553
xy-2.270
xz0.789
yz-0.041


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.739 -0.123 0.050
y -0.123 2.284 0.003
z 0.050 0.003 1.523


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.400
(<r2>)1/2 4.517