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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.714120
Energy at 298.15K-115.718198
HF Energy-115.714121
Nuclear repulsion energy40.445410
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 3908 3732 40.14      
2 A' 3144 3003 24.40      
3 A' 3024 2888 50.80      
4 A' 1520 1452 4.07      
5 A' 1490 1423 4.34      
6 A' 1375 1313 28.33      
7 A' 1120 1070 42.40      
8 A' 1072 1023 80.35      
9 A" 3077 2939 50.46      
10 A" 1509 1442 2.44      
11 A" 1183 1130 0.82      
12 A" 258 247 115.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11339.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10830.2 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.30570 0.83391 0.80493

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.659 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.752 0.000
H3 -1.086 0.979 0.000
H4 0.437 1.077 0.888
H5 0.437 1.077 -0.888
H6 0.858 -1.067 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41071.08791.09401.09401.9487
O21.41072.01932.08972.08970.9579
H31.08792.01931.76531.76532.8227
H41.09402.08971.76531.77662.3588
H51.09402.08971.76531.77662.3588
H61.94870.95792.82272.35882.3588

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 109.216 O2 C1 H3 107.128
O2 C1 H4 112.467 O2 C1 H5 112.467
H3 C1 H4 108.006 H3 C1 H5 108.006
H4 C1 H5 108.574
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.080      
2 O -0.391      
3 H 0.098      
4 H 0.064      
5 H 0.064      
6 H 0.245      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.384 0.911 0.000 1.657
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.744 -2.101 0.000
y -2.101 -13.214 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.712
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.719 -2.101 0.000
y -2.101 -0.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.232
Polar
3z2-r2-2.465
x2-y21.470
xy-2.101
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.730 -0.128 0.000
y -0.128 2.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.488


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.496
(<r2>)1/2 4.847