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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.587083
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-115.483179
Nuclear repulsion energy40.247083
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' 3786 3592 15.42 75.88 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3180 3016 32.55 67.67 0.55 0.71
3 A' 3042 2886 58.68 116.07 0.06 0.11
4 A' 1563 1483 3.63 19.95 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1529 1450 7.72 8.59 0.66 0.80
6 A' 1413 1341 28.22 4.60 0.75 0.85
7 A' 1105 1048 0.37 7.26 0.45 0.62
8 A' 1076 1021 120.38 1.43 0.42 0.59
9 A" 3093 2935 78.59 65.31 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1548 1469 1.61 21.02 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1196 1135 0.74 8.34 0.75 0.86
12 A" 347 329 131.18 4.01 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11438.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9487) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10852.1 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
4.25645 0.82677 0.79715

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.662 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.757 0.000
H3 -1.092 0.973 0.000
H4 0.437 1.082 0.891
H5 0.437 1.082 -0.891
H6 0.876 -1.050 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41901.09051.09801.09801.9442
O21.41902.02142.10072.10070.9678
H31.09052.02141.77331.77332.8219
H41.09802.10071.77331.78262.3522
H51.09802.10071.77331.78262.3522
H61.94420.96782.82192.35222.3522

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 107.591 O2 C1 H3 106.588
O2 C1 H4 112.528 O2 C1 H5 112.528
H3 C1 H4 108.246 H3 C1 H5 108.246
H4 C1 H5 108.527
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 -0.206      
2 O -0.631      
3 H 0.167      
4 H 0.134      
5 H 0.134      
6 H 0.402      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.468 0.955 0.000 1.751
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.583 -2.148 -0.003
y -2.148 -13.087 -0.009
z -0.003 -0.009 -13.652
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.786 -2.148 -0.003
y -2.148 -0.470 -0.009
z -0.003 -0.009 -1.317
Polar
3z2-r2-2.634
x2-y21.504
xy-2.148
xz-0.003
yz-0.009


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.368 -0.155 0.001
y -0.155 2.467 0.001
z 0.001 0.001 2.050


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.555
(<r2>)1/2 4.853