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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.671569
Energy at 298.15K-115.675682
HF Energy-115.671569
Nuclear repulsion energy40.346384
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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
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' 3919 3732 42.94 69.72 0.25 0.40
2 A' 3170 3018 25.49 72.49 0.56 0.72
3 A' 3037 2892 60.95 137.86 0.04 0.08
4 A' 1519 1446 4.95 13.13 0.75 0.86
5 A' 1491 1419 6.29 5.51 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1353 1288 23.89 2.22 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1119 1066 64.48 8.46 0.31 0.47
8 A' 1058 1007 74.77 1.24 0.70 0.82
9 A" 3097 2949 57.63 76.03 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1510 1438 2.98 13.45 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1180 1124 0.59 3.70 0.75 0.86
12 A" 293 279 147.20 1.15 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11372.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9522) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10829.2 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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
ABC
4.27396 0.83053 0.80190

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.662 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.092 0.974 0.000
H4 0.439 1.074 0.894
H5 0.439 1.074 -0.894
H6 0.862 -1.070 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41521.09081.09701.09701.9561
O21.41522.01872.09082.09080.9619
H31.09082.01871.77501.77502.8275
H41.09702.09081.77501.78732.3612
H51.09702.09081.77501.78732.3612
H61.95610.96192.82752.36122.3612

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 109.260 O2 C1 H3 106.608
O2 C1 H4 112.047 O2 C1 H5 112.047
H3 C1 H4 108.444 H3 C1 H5 108.444
H4 C1 H5 109.104
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.237      
2 O -0.547      
3 H 0.160      
4 H 0.134      
5 H 0.134      
6 H 0.357      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.564 1.101 0.000 1.913
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.817 -2.355 0.000
y -2.355 -13.488 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.964
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.909 -2.355 0.000
y -2.355 -0.598 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.312
Polar
3z2-r2-2.623
x2-y21.671
xy-2.355
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.583 -0.082 0.000
y -0.082 2.842 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.495


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.690
(<r2>)1/2 4.867