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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C1 2A
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.931047
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-114.833735
Nuclear repulsion energy35.195619
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*
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 3790 3596 39.43 77.57 0.29 0.45
2 A 3314 3144 24.94 49.74 0.62 0.76
3 A 3166 3004 26.82 95.58 0.17 0.29
4 A 1529 1450 10.62 6.15 0.75 0.85
5 A 1395 1324 35.58 7.26 0.74 0.85
6 A 1224 1161 88.04 8.69 0.30 0.46
7 A 1085 1029 51.80 2.44 0.69 0.81
8 A 725 688 54.54 4.19 0.16 0.27
9 A 459 435 108.69 1.12 0.66 0.79

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8342.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9487) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7914.9 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
6.35384 0.99200 0.87072

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.686 0.029 -0.080
O2 0.671 -0.125 0.029
H3 -1.223 -0.888 0.116
H4 -1.122 0.979 0.218
H5 1.092 0.738 -0.090

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37101.08101.08611.9148
O21.37102.04442.11460.9680
H31.08102.04441.87242.8372
H41.08612.11461.87242.2486
H51.91480.96802.83722.2486

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 108.666 O2 C1 H3 112.436
O2 C1 H4 118.299 H3 C1 H4 119.535
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.152      
2 O -0.560      
3 H 0.158      
4 H 0.134      
5 H 0.420      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.029 1.560 0.209 1.574
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.448 2.171 -0.754
y 2.171 -10.910 -0.066
z -0.754 -0.066 -13.851
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.933 2.171 -0.754
y 2.171 1.739 -0.066
z -0.754 -0.066 -2.672
Polar
3z2-r2-5.345
x2-y2-0.537
xy2.171
xz-0.754
yz-0.066


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.660 0.149 -0.061
y 0.149 2.240 0.008
z -0.061 0.008 1.163


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.459
(<r2>)1/2 4.523