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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.776759
Energy at 298.15K-115.780864
HF Energy-115.776759
Nuclear repulsion energy40.263802
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 B3LYP/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' 3829 3705 31.03 77.58 0.19 0.32
2 A' 3108 3007 24.45 66.55 0.47 0.64
3 A' 2993 2896 63.24 174.63 0.03 0.05
4 A' 1509 1460 5.38 5.17 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1478 1430 3.24 1.15 0.17 0.29
6 A' 1365 1321 24.42 1.35 0.38 0.55
7 A' 1077 1042 1.14 5.05 0.23 0.37
8 A' 1041 1007 121.50 2.46 0.30 0.46
9 A" 3038 2940 53.55 68.57 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1498 1450 2.96 5.11 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1171 1133 0.43 0.92 0.75 0.86
12 A" 290 280 105.42 0.82 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11198.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10834.6 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.29236 0.82399 0.79567

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.666 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.757 0.000
H3 -1.088 0.979 0.000
H4 0.438 1.077 0.891
H5 0.438 1.077 -0.891
H6 0.862 -1.070 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42271.08811.09421.09421.9591
O21.42272.02482.09532.09530.9607
H31.08812.02481.77031.77032.8289
H41.09422.09531.77031.78172.3624
H51.09422.09531.77031.78172.3624
H61.95910.96072.82892.36242.3624

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 109.021 O2 C1 H3 106.738
O2 C1 H4 112.052 O2 C1 H5 112.052
H3 C1 H4 108.427 H3 C1 H5 108.427
H4 C1 H5 109.001
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.458      
2 O -0.423      
3 H 0.270      
4 H 0.234      
5 H 0.234      
6 H 0.143      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.350 0.956 0.000 1.654
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.955 -2.110 0.000
y -2.110 -13.611 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.962
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.832 -2.110 0.000
y -2.110 -0.653 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.179
Polar
3z2-r2-2.358
x2-y21.656
xy-2.110
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.090 -0.090 0.000
y -0.090 3.525 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.002


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.823
(<r2>)1/2 4.881