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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.452311
Energy at 298.15K-114.454813
HF Energy-114.452311
Nuclear repulsion energy35.316510
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 LSDA/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 3690 3621 40.93      
2 A 3215 3155 16.36      
3 A 3070 3012 19.88      
4 A 1455 1428 7.09      
5 A 1337 1312 18.30      
6 A 1253 1229 93.93      
7 A 1037 1017 52.06      
8 A 584 573 109.59      
9 A 447 439 74.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8043.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7893.1 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
6.27770 1.00983 0.88022

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.677 0.029 -0.071
O2 -0.665 -0.127 0.027
H3 1.229 -0.897 0.102
H4 1.125 0.995 0.193
H5 -1.095 0.743 -0.082

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35451.09211.09711.9099
O21.35452.04562.11970.9767
H31.09212.04561.89712.8499
H41.09712.11971.89712.2510
H51.90990.97672.84992.2510

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 108.939 O2 C1 H3 113.025
O2 C1 H4 119.304 H3 C1 H4 120.124
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.250      
2 O -0.494      
3 H 0.171      
4 H 0.148      
5 H 0.424      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.272 1.560 0.246 1.602
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.365 -2.191 0.734
y -2.191 -10.804 -0.042
z 0.734 -0.042 -13.993
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.034 -2.191 0.734
y -2.191 1.875 -0.042
z 0.734 -0.042 -2.909
Polar
3z2-r2-5.817
x2-y2-0.561
xy-2.191
xz0.734
yz-0.042


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.762 -0.154 0.063
y -0.154 2.323 0.008
z 0.063 0.008 1.192


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.363
(<r2>)1/2 4.513