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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.047699
Energy at 298.15K-115.049959
HF Energy-115.047699
Nuclear repulsion energy34.601380
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/SDD
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 3719 3575 23.61      
2 A 3343 3214 16.37      
3 A 3167 3044 23.15      
4 A 1475 1418 2.15      
5 A 1325 1274 25.48      
6 A 1149 1104 92.64      
7 A 1033 993 75.89      
8 A 490 471 278.00      
9 A 287 276 6.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7993.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7683.9 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 B3LYP/SDD
ABC
6.46286 0.94822 0.83039

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.705 0.029 -0.041
O2 -0.684 -0.125 0.019
H3 1.246 -0.904 0.047
H4 1.158 1.005 0.119
H5 -1.164 0.723 -0.071

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.39941.08131.08771.9944
O21.39942.08142.16340.9783
H31.08132.08141.91172.9097
H41.08772.16341.91172.3470
H51.99440.97832.90972.3470

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 112.829 O2 C1 H3 113.460
O2 C1 H4 120.368 H3 C1 H4 123.620
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.340      
2 O -0.427      
3 H 0.214      
4 H 0.190      
5 H 0.363      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.190 1.889 0.142 1.904
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.189 -2.490 0.601
y -2.490 -10.922 -0.000
z 0.601 -0.000 -14.462
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.503 -2.490 0.601
y -2.490 1.903 -0.000
z 0.601 -0.000 -3.407
Polar
3z2-r2-6.814
x2-y2-0.267
xy-2.490
xz0.601
yz-0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.749 -0.161 -0.010
y -0.161 2.052 -0.031
z -0.010 -0.031 1.104


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.106
(<r2>)1/2 4.594