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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/aug-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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.773575
Energy at 298.15K-115.777687
HF Energy-115.773575
Nuclear repulsion energy40.203390
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 TPSSh/aug-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' 3797 3665 24.26 80.19 0.19 0.32
2 A' 3110 3001 26.78 66.62 0.49 0.65
3 A' 2989 2885 65.24 176.45 0.03 0.05
4 A' 1518 1465 4.47 5.36 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1479 1427 4.17 1.15 0.15 0.27
6 A' 1369 1322 22.25 1.42 0.39 0.56
7 A' 1073 1035 0.53 5.61 0.22 0.36
8 A' 1034 998 120.29 2.16 0.28 0.44
9 A" 3037 2932 58.85 70.87 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1507 1455 2.19 5.26 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1168 1128 0.50 1.02 0.75 0.86
12 A" 296 286 101.92 0.89 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11188.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9652) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10799.1 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.26358 0.82246 0.79383

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.667 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.758 0.000
H3 -1.092 0.976 0.000
H4 0.439 1.076 0.893
H5 0.439 1.076 -0.893
H6 0.867 -1.063 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42551.08941.09581.09581.9570
O21.42552.02432.09702.09700.9632
H31.08942.02431.77521.77522.8272
H41.09582.09701.77521.78602.3571
H51.09582.09701.77521.78602.3571
H61.95700.96322.82722.35712.3571

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 108.467 O2 C1 H3 106.443
O2 C1 H4 111.887 O2 C1 H5 111.887
H3 C1 H4 108.664 H3 C1 H5 108.664
H4 C1 H5 109.169
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.156      
2 O -0.424      
3 H 0.179      
4 H 0.129      
5 H 0.129      
6 H 0.142      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.331 0.937 0.000 1.628
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.099 -0.090 0.000
y -0.090 3.549 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.010


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.783
(<r2>)1/2 4.877