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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.013671
Energy at 298.15K-115.016217
HF Energy-115.013671
Nuclear repulsion energy34.827687
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 3600 3571 17.68      
2 A 3183 3158 29.96      
3 A 3038 3014 29.25      
4 A 1463 1451 8.49      
5 A 1348 1337 31.58      
6 A 1159 1150 68.41      
7 A 1042 1033 49.29      
8 A 663 657 61.50      
9 A 455 452 90.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7975.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7911.1 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
6.20347 0.97235 0.85298

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.690 0.030 -0.079
O2 0.676 -0.125 0.033
H3 -1.235 -0.898 0.100
H4 -1.142 0.984 0.223
H5 1.109 0.737 -0.112

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37871.09201.09821.9327
O21.37872.06262.13840.9760
H31.09202.06261.88872.8663
H41.09822.13841.88872.2894
H51.93270.97602.86632.2894

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 109.127 O2 C1 H3 112.682
O2 C1 H4 118.950 H3 C1 H4 119.165
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 -0.145      
2 O -0.493      
3 H 0.135      
4 H 0.114      
5 H 0.390      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.137 1.479 0.245 1.506
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.517 2.094 -0.737
y 2.094 -10.927 -0.056
z -0.737 -0.056 -13.827
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.860 2.094 -0.737
y 2.094 1.746 -0.056
z -0.737 -0.056 -2.605
Polar
3z2-r2-5.211
x2-y2-0.591
xy2.094
xz-0.737
yz-0.056


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.827 0.170 -0.063
y 0.170 2.352 0.006
z -0.063 0.006 1.194


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.732
(<r2>)1/2 4.553