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All results from a given calculation for CH3OO (methylperoxy radical)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A"
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.177677
Energy at 298.15K-190.181215
HF Energy-190.177677
Nuclear repulsion energy73.533024
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 BLYP/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' 3094 3069 14.12      
2 A' 2993 2968 13.81      
3 A' 1467 1456 5.64      
4 A' 1408 1397 1.99      
5 A' 1166 1157 2.87      
6 A' 1071 1062 1.71      
7 A' 843 836 6.62      
8 A' 468 464 6.48      
9 A" 3084 3059 16.97      
10 A" 1456 1445 6.22      
11 A" 1089 1080 0.25      
12 A" 132 131 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9135.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9061.3 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
1.67883 0.36598 0.31925

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.018 -0.476 0.000
O2 0.000 0.563 0.000
O3 -1.240 0.063 0.000
H4 1.989 0.042 0.000
H5 0.911 -1.098 0.902
H6 0.911 -1.098 -0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6
C11.45392.32101.10061.10121.1012
O21.45391.33662.05592.09832.0983
O32.32101.33663.22882.60572.6057
H41.10062.05593.22881.81001.8100
H51.10122.09832.60571.81001.8037
H61.10122.09832.60571.81001.8037

picture of methylperoxy radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 O3 112.488 O2 C1 H4 106.362
O2 C1 H5 109.640 O2 C1 H6 109.640
H4 C1 H5 110.581 H4 C1 H6 110.581
H5 C1 H6 109.969
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.186      
2 O -0.133      
3 O -0.179      
4 H 0.159      
5 H 0.169      
6 H 0.169      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.454 -1.099 0.000 2.689
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.362 -0.382 0.000
y -0.382 -17.667 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.762
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.147 -0.382 0.000
y -0.382 -0.606 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.753
Polar
3z2-r21.506
x2-y20.306
xy-0.382
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.242 -0.035 0.000
y -0.035 2.465 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.275


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 42.964
(<r2>)1/2 6.555