return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.770991
Energy at 298.15K-115.775124
HF Energy-115.770991
Nuclear repulsion energy40.229009
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/TZVP
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' 3822 3689 23.35 77.82 0.27 0.43
2 A' 3115 3008 29.23 75.12 0.50 0.67
3 A' 2990 2886 63.03 153.72 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1507 1455 4.57 14.89 0.71 0.83
5 A' 1488 1437 6.04 6.30 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1362 1315 21.02 3.25 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1076 1039 2.44 7.10 0.47 0.64
8 A' 1040 1004 123.07 2.20 0.43 0.60
9 A" 3035 2930 69.72 74.66 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1492 1440 2.15 17.21 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1170 1129 0.24 7.05 0.75 0.86
12 A" 315 304 135.22 2.42 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11205.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9654) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10817.8 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/TZVP
ABC
4.28278 0.82300 0.79454

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.665 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.758 0.000
H3 -1.089 0.980 0.000
H4 0.437 1.081 0.891
H5 0.437 1.081 -0.891
H6 0.865 -1.066 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42301.08921.09631.09631.9561
O21.42302.02652.10032.10030.9624
H31.08922.02651.77081.77082.8291
H41.09632.10031.77081.78262.3635
H51.09632.10031.77081.78262.3635
H61.95610.96242.82912.36352.3635

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 108.638 O2 C1 H3 106.792
O2 C1 H4 112.314 O2 C1 H5 112.314
H3 C1 H4 108.237 H3 C1 H5 108.237
H4 C1 H5 108.778
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.179      
2 O -0.417      
3 H 0.126      
4 H 0.101      
5 H 0.101      
6 H 0.266      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.499 1.060 0.000 1.836
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.877 -2.256 0.000
y -2.256 -13.450 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.886
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.791 -2.256 0.000
y -2.256 -0.569 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.222
Polar
3z2-r2-2.445
x2-y21.573
xy-2.256
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.704 -0.118 0.000
y -0.118 2.845 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.493


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.784
(<r2>)1/2 4.877