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All results from a given calculation for CH2(OH)2 (methanediol)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2 1A
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.728467
Energy at 298.15K-190.733774
HF Energy-190.728467
Nuclear repulsion energy81.771022
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 PBE1PBE/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 3796 3607 16.57      
2 A 3061 2909 69.40      
3 A 1559 1481 1.21      
4 A 1423 1353 3.86      
5 A 1231 1170 0.39      
6 A 1080 1026 110.02      
7 A 586 556 97.84      
8 A 409 389 40.47      
9 B 3795 3607 29.14      
10 B 3111 2956 65.32      
11 B 1478 1405 89.28      
12 B 1399 1330 25.05      
13 B 1136 1079 230.07      
14 B 1028 977 22.65      
15 B 420 399 204.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12755.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12121.4 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.40155 0.34412 0.30457

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.526
O2 0.000 1.165 -0.245
O3 0.000 -1.165 -0.245
H4 -0.891 -0.080 1.163
H5 0.891 0.080 1.163
H6 -0.803 1.145 -0.784
H7 0.803 -1.145 -0.784

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.39731.39731.09781.09781.91651.9165
O21.39732.33042.07971.98810.96772.5043
O31.39732.33041.98812.07972.50430.9677
H41.09782.07971.98811.78932.30152.7917
H51.09781.98812.07971.78932.79172.3015
H61.91650.96772.50432.30152.79172.7967
H71.91652.50430.96772.79172.30152.7967

picture of methanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 106.850 C1 O3 H7 106.850
O2 C1 O3 113.000 O2 C1 H4 112.370
O2 C1 H5 105.018 O3 C1 H4 105.018
O3 C1 H5 112.370 H4 C1 H5 109.167
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.087      
2 O -0.614      
3 O -0.614      
4 H 0.163      
5 H 0.163      
6 H 0.407      
7 H 0.407      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.360 0.360
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.469 -3.398 0.000
y -3.398 -22.100 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.017
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.590 -3.398 0.000
y -3.398 -6.357 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.767
Polar
3z2-r25.533
x2-y26.631
xy-3.398
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.778 -0.134 0.000
y -0.134 2.755 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.800


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 44.946
(<r2>)1/2 6.704