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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.641991
Energy at 298.15K-115.646159
HF Energy-115.524230
Nuclear repulsion energy40.308777
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 B2PLYP/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' 3881 3881 23.61 66.87 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3141 3141 33.98 72.07 0.54 0.70
3 A' 3011 3011 61.57 139.54 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1525 1525 3.74 14.14 0.72 0.84
5 A' 1506 1506 6.42 5.58 0.67 0.80
6 A' 1394 1394 24.47 2.59 0.73 0.85
7 A' 1097 1097 1.48 5.83 0.45 0.62
8 A' 1068 1068 114.66 2.38 0.42 0.59
9 A" 3061 3061 77.26 71.81 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1509 1509 2.32 14.74 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1183 1183 0.67 5.04 0.75 0.86
12 A" 335 335 122.42 3.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11355.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11355.4 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 B2PLYP/6-311G**
ABC
4.27820 0.82736 0.79837

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.662 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.758 0.000
H3 -1.089 0.977 0.000
H4 0.436 1.081 0.891
H5 0.436 1.081 -0.891
H6 0.869 -1.044 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41981.08941.09661.09661.9360
O21.41982.02452.09942.09940.9588
H31.08942.02451.76991.76992.8142
H41.09662.09941.76991.78202.3442
H51.09662.09941.76991.78202.3442
H61.93600.95882.81422.34422.3442

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 107.369 O2 C1 H3 106.837
O2 C1 H4 112.449 O2 C1 H5 112.449
H3 C1 H4 108.118 H3 C1 H5 108.118
H4 C1 H5 108.685
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.100      
2 O -0.409      
3 H 0.107      
4 H 0.084      
5 H 0.084      
6 H 0.233      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.433 0.975 0.000 1.733
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.726 -2.101 -0.003
y -2.101 -13.230 -0.009
z -0.003 -0.009 -13.682
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.730 -2.101 -0.003
y -2.101 -0.526 -0.009
z -0.003 -0.009 -1.204
Polar
3z2-r2-2.408
x2-y21.504
xy-2.101
xz-0.003
yz-0.009


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.515 -0.143 0.001
y -0.143 2.665 0.002
z 0.001 0.002 2.241


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.590
(<r2>)1/2 4.857