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

using model chemistry: HF/LANL2DZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.390425
Energy at 298.15K-114.392937
HF Energy-114.390425
Nuclear repulsion energy34.970945
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/LANL2DZ
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 4092 3683 53.90      
2 A 3478 3130 28.98      
3 A 3314 2982 41.72      
4 A 1588 1429 10.92      
5 A 1415 1273 48.07      
6 A 1210 1089 132.09      
7 A 1112 1000 80.69      
8 A 690 621 68.07      
9 A 378 340 189.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8638.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7773.9 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
6.71346 0.95726 0.84820

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.703 0.031 -0.069
O2 -0.676 -0.119 0.034
H3 1.235 -0.886 0.073
H4 1.139 0.977 0.200
H5 -1.182 0.670 -0.129

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.39021.06971.07621.9911
O21.39022.05962.12670.9511
H31.06972.05961.86982.8819
H41.07622.12671.86982.3649
H51.99110.95112.88192.3649

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 115.226 O2 C1 H3 113.056
O2 C1 H4 118.589 H3 C1 H4 121.224
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.143      
2 O -0.602      
3 H 0.186      
4 H 0.158      
5 H 0.402      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.592 1.946 -0.014 2.034
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.312 -2.614 0.960
y -2.614 -11.254 -0.051
z 0.960 -0.051 -14.184
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.407 -2.614 0.960
y -2.614 1.494 -0.051
z 0.960 -0.051 -2.901
Polar
3z2-r2-5.802
x2-y2-0.058
xy-2.614
xz0.960
yz-0.051


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.336 -0.162 0.039
y -0.162 1.944 -0.031
z 0.039 -0.031 1.010


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.894
(<r2>)1/2 4.571