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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.970367
Energy at 298.15K-114.972777
HF Energy-114.970367
Nuclear repulsion energy35.151443
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 PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3741 3710 51.68      
2 A 3208 3181 8.63      
3 A 3066 3041 18.05      
4 A 1431 1419 6.46      
5 A 1323 1312 22.10      
6 A 1179 1169 96.30      
7 A 1021 1012 46.23      
8 A 504 500 137.86      
9 A 404 400 11.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7937.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9918) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7872.6 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 PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
6.36325 0.99266 0.86491

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.686 0.027 -0.057
O2 0.673 -0.127 0.019
H3 -1.240 -0.894 0.094
H4 -1.125 1.003 0.148
H5 1.097 0.742 -0.049

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36921.08601.08961.9206
O21.36922.06232.12690.9696
H31.08602.06231.90142.8565
H41.08962.12691.90142.2454
H51.92060.96962.85652.2454

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 109.220 O2 C1 H3 113.779
O2 C1 H4 119.341 H3 C1 H4 121.849
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.093      
2 O -0.392      
3 H 0.130      
4 H 0.133      
5 H 0.221      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.163 1.436 0.259 1.468
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.077 2.143 -0.601
y 2.143 -11.232 -0.008
z -0.601 -0.008 -14.861
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.970 2.143 -0.601
y 2.143 2.237 -0.008
z -0.601 -0.008 -3.206
Polar
3z2-r2-6.412
x2-y2-0.845
xy2.143
xz-0.601
yz-0.008


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.660 0.053 0.049
y 0.053 2.925 -0.018
z 0.049 -0.018 3.085


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.939
(<r2>)1/2 4.576