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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at TPSSh/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.417969
Energy at 298.15K-114.420509
HF Energy-114.417969
Nuclear repulsion energy34.414905
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/3-21G*
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 3494 3374 6.31      
2 A 3261 3149 29.05      
3 A 3102 2996 23.02      
4 A 1512 1460 4.89      
5 A 1375 1328 30.90      
6 A 1127 1088 37.31      
7 A 1041 1005 79.83      
8 A 644 622 98.88      
9 A 455 439 101.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8005.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7730.6 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 TPSSh/3-21G*
ABC
6.25934 0.94027 0.82814

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.707 0.030 -0.075
O2 -0.690 -0.127 0.030
H3 1.231 -0.902 0.094
H4 1.168 0.974 0.215
H5 -1.125 0.759 -0.105

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.40981.08251.08931.9724
O21.40982.07252.16710.9958
H31.08252.07251.88062.8897
H41.08932.16711.88062.3256
H51.97240.99582.88972.3256

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 108.943 O2 C1 H3 111.853
O2 C1 H4 119.719 H3 C1 H4 119.984
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.222      
2 O -0.522      
3 H 0.206      
4 H 0.174      
5 H 0.364      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.051 1.653 0.221 1.668
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 2.689 -0.217 0.044
y -0.217 2.119 -0.005
z 0.044 -0.005 0.820


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.003
(<r2>)1/2 4.583