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

using model chemistry: B97D3/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B97D3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.040635
Energy at 298.15K-115.043113
HF Energy-115.040635
Nuclear repulsion energy35.082673
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 B97D3/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 3747 3694 40.53      
2 A 3214 3168 18.78      
3 A 3066 3022 24.84      
4 A 1458 1437 6.84      
5 A 1335 1316 23.00      
6 A 1156 1140 83.72      
7 A 1037 1022 53.37      
8 A 566 558 103.30      
9 A 428 422 59.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8004.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9856) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7889.1 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 B97D3/TZVP
ABC
6.36256 0.98465 0.86150

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.689 0.028 -0.067
O2 0.675 -0.126 0.024
H3 -1.234 -0.894 0.100
H4 -1.127 0.993 0.182
H5 1.097 0.739 -0.074

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37621.08351.08841.9223
O21.37622.05902.12710.9667
H31.08352.05901.89122.8506
H41.08842.12711.89122.2531
H51.92230.96672.85062.2531

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 109.014 O2 C1 H3 113.137
O2 C1 H4 118.860 H3 C1 H4 121.091
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.209      
2 O -0.300      
3 H 0.129      
4 H 0.104      
5 H 0.277      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.045 1.555 0.252 1.576
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.776 2.214 -0.715
y 2.214 -11.084 -0.025
z -0.715 -0.025 -14.386
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.960 2.214 -0.715
y 2.214 1.996 -0.025
z -0.715 -0.025 -2.956
Polar
3z2-r2-5.912
x2-y2-0.691
xy2.214
xz-0.715
yz-0.025


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.138 0.090 -0.005
y 0.090 2.557 -0.010
z -0.005 -0.010 2.069


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.789
(<r2>)1/2 4.560