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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.772249
Energy at 298.15K-115.776370
HF Energy-115.772249
Nuclear repulsion energy40.292210
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3830 3702 25.25 71.93 0.26 0.41
2 A' 3102 2998 30.22 72.92 0.49 0.66
3 A' 2985 2886 63.34 155.35 0.04 0.09
4 A' 1511 1461 3.92 10.19 0.72 0.84
5 A' 1482 1433 3.89 3.31 0.44 0.61
6 A' 1375 1330 26.62 1.83 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1083 1046 0.85 5.42 0.40 0.57
8 A' 1046 1011 119.22 1.63 0.48 0.65
9 A" 3028 2927 67.79 71.33 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1496 1446 1.96 10.72 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1171 1132 0.60 3.71 0.75 0.86
12 A" 301 291 110.76 2.36 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11204.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9667) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10830.9 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.29361 0.82582 0.79718

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.663 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.757 0.000
H3 -1.088 0.979 0.000
H4 0.437 1.080 0.890
H5 0.437 1.080 -0.890
H6 0.865 -1.062 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42031.08871.09511.09511.9509
O21.42032.02452.09792.09790.9606
H31.08872.02451.76861.76862.8245
H41.09512.09791.76861.77992.3588
H51.09512.09791.76861.77992.3588
H61.95090.96062.82452.35882.3588

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 108.500 O2 C1 H3 106.844
O2 C1 H4 112.387 O2 C1 H5 112.387
H3 C1 H4 108.168 H3 C1 H5 108.168
H4 C1 H5 108.709
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.061      
2 O -0.350      
3 H 0.097      
4 H 0.056      
5 H 0.056      
6 H 0.200      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.349 0.881 0.000 1.611
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.813 -2.065 0.000
y -2.065 -13.265 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.764
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.701 -2.065 0.000
y -2.065 -0.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.224
Polar
3z2-r2-2.449
x2-y21.451
xy-2.065
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.789 -0.124 0.000
y -0.124 3.016 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.552


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.658
(<r2>)1/2 4.864