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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/Sadlej_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 PBEPBE/Sadlej_pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.613100
Energy at 298.15K-115.617210
HF Energy-115.613100
Nuclear repulsion energy39.929727
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/Sadlej_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' 3728 3709 23.04      
2 A' 3047 3032 21.25      
3 A' 2911 2896 67.73      
4 A' 1439 1432 4.46      
5 A' 1414 1407 3.52      
6 A' 1326 1319 24.49      
7 A' 1055 1049 27.99      
8 A' 1017 1011 85.81      
9 A" 2972 2957 52.14      
10 A" 1424 1417 2.48      
11 A" 1118 1112 0.18      
12 A" 310 308 99.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10879.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9949) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10824.4 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 PBEPBE/Sadlej_pVTZ
ABC
4.15655 0.81636 0.78744

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/Sadlej_pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.664 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.762 0.000
H3 -1.107 0.985 0.000
H4 0.442 1.093 0.904
H5 0.442 1.093 -0.904
H6 0.880 -1.061 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42551.10721.11391.11391.9587
O21.42552.04262.12042.12040.9746
H31.10722.04261.79641.79642.8521
H41.11392.12041.79641.80882.3772
H51.11392.12041.79641.80882.3772
H61.95870.97462.85212.37722.3772

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 107.909 O2 C1 H3 106.835
O2 C1 H4 112.651 O2 C1 H5 112.651
H3 C1 H4 107.958 H3 C1 H5 107.958
H4 C1 H5 108.573
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/Sadlej_pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 2.667      
2 O -0.206      
3 H -0.721      
4 H -0.679      
5 H -0.679      
6 H -0.383      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.318 0.859 0.000 1.573
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.075 -2.074 0.000
y -2.074 -13.742 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.141
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.867 -2.074 0.000
y -2.074 -0.634 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.232
Polar
3z2-r2-2.465
x2-y21.667
xy-2.074
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.281 -0.084 0.000
y -0.084 3.741 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.216


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.145
(<r2>)1/2 4.914