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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.708433
Energy at 298.15K-115.712561
HF Energy-115.708433
Nuclear repulsion energy39.508976
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 B3LYP/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' 3701 3557 5.67 89.34 0.29 0.46
2 A' 3169 3046 37.06 64.65 0.54 0.70
3 A' 3012 2895 69.81 138.47 0.04 0.08
4 A' 1517 1458 7.62 19.19 0.75 0.85
5 A' 1495 1437 1.32 6.88 0.75 0.86
6 A' 1338 1286 18.57 7.13 0.73 0.84
7 A' 1065 1023 19.85 7.57 0.51 0.67
8 A' 992 954 102.28 7.06 0.25 0.40
9 A" 3085 2965 92.03 59.03 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1510 1451 7.36 20.59 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1141 1096 0.27 10.53 0.75 0.86
12 A" 330 317 178.72 5.92 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11176.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10743.2 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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
ABC
4.23375 0.78614 0.76003

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.686 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.773 0.000
H3 -1.098 0.984 0.000
H4 0.439 1.101 0.897
H5 0.439 1.101 -0.897
H6 0.869 -1.121 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.45951.09261.10111.10112.0260
O21.45952.04762.13392.13390.9793
H31.09262.04761.78301.78302.8808
H41.10112.13391.78301.79442.4348
H51.10112.13391.78301.79442.4348
H62.02600.97932.88082.43482.4348

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 110.804 O2 C1 H3 105.807
O2 C1 H4 112.133 O2 C1 H5 112.133
H3 C1 H4 108.740 H3 C1 H5 108.740
H4 C1 H5 109.142
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.453      
2 O -0.503      
3 H 0.228      
4 H 0.192      
5 H 0.192      
6 H 0.343      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.744 1.349 0.000 2.205
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.642 -2.547 0.000
y -2.547 -12.957 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.582
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.628 -2.547 0.000
y -2.547 -0.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.282
Polar
3z2-r2-2.564
x2-y21.316
xy-2.547
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.304 -0.189 0.000
y -0.189 2.446 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.821


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.193
(<r2>)1/2 4.919