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All results from a given calculation for CH3O (Methoxy radical)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.420749
Energy at 298.15K-114.423683
HF Energy-114.420749
Nuclear repulsion energy34.316271
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 HF/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 3269 2937 58.38      
2 A 3250 2921 41.25      
3 A 3184 2861 14.34      
4 A 1666 1497 5.63      
5 A 1594 1432 8.36      
6 A 1583 1423 3.81      
7 A 1213 1090 21.01      
8 A 1109 997 14.85      
9 A 821 738 55.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8844.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7946.6 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
5.34941 0.92090 0.91825

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.586 0.000 -0.006
O2 0.797 0.000 -0.006
H3 -0.886 -0.008 1.039
H4 -0.987 0.895 -0.471
H5 -0.986 -0.888 -0.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.38201.08761.08541.0854
O21.38201.98142.04872.0480
H31.08761.98141.76251.7621
H41.08542.04871.76251.7831
H51.08542.04801.76211.7831

picture of Methoxy radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 C1 H3 106.085 O2 C1 H4 111.693
O2 C1 H5 111.636 H3 C1 H4 108.406
H3 C1 H5 108.373 H4 C1 H5 110.450
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.192      
2 O -0.329      
3 H 0.188      
4 H 0.166      
5 H 0.166      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.996 -0.002 0.127 2.000
CHELPG -1.973 -0.004 0.170 1.981
AIM        
ESP -1.991 -0.004 0.187 2.000


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.424 0.002 -0.144
y 0.002 -12.663 -0.004
z -0.144 -0.004 -11.537
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.323 0.002 -0.144
y 0.002 -0.183 -0.004
z -0.144 -0.004 1.506
Polar
3z2-r23.013
x2-y2-0.760
xy0.002
xz-0.144
yz-0.004


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.135 -0.001 0.028
y -0.001 2.228 0.004
z 0.028 0.004 1.951


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.824
(<r2>)1/2 4.563