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All results from a given calculation for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.769708
Energy at 298.15K-115.773819
HF Energy-115.769708
Nuclear repulsion energy40.241794
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 TPSSh/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3819 3819 23.97 72.11 0.22 0.36
2 A' 3109 3109 28.16 65.18 0.50 0.66
3 A' 2988 2988 65.61 153.43 0.03 0.06
4 A' 1520 1520 4.47 6.11 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1482 1482 4.08 0.91 0.22 0.35
6 A' 1370 1370 22.10 1.30 0.59 0.75
7 A' 1074 1074 0.43 5.84 0.25 0.40
8 A' 1039 1039 120.40 2.28 0.22 0.36
9 A" 3036 3036 60.86 70.10 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1509 1509 2.31 5.75 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1172 1172 0.51 1.50 0.75 0.86
12 A" 296 296 105.99 0.78 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11206.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11206.4 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 TPSSh/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
4.26809 0.82436 0.79570

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.666 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.757 0.000
H3 -1.091 0.975 0.000
H4 0.439 1.075 0.893
H5 0.439 1.075 -0.893
H6 0.866 -1.063 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42341.08911.09561.09561.9555
O21.42342.02252.09542.09540.9624
H31.08912.02251.77461.77462.8255
H41.09562.09541.77461.78562.3563
H51.09562.09541.77461.78562.3563
H61.95550.96242.82552.35632.3563

picture of Methyl alcohol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.555 O2 C1 H3 106.457
O2 C1 H4 111.915 O2 C1 H5 111.915
H3 C1 H4 108.640 H3 C1 H5 108.640
H4 C1 H5 109.147
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.153      
2 O -0.560      
3 H 0.071      
4 H 0.075      
5 H 0.075      
6 H 0.186      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.353 0.965 0.000 1.662
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.945 -0.091 0.000
y -0.091 3.387 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.872


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.738
(<r2>)1/2 4.872