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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.708581
Energy at 298.15K-115.712708
HF Energy-115.708581
Nuclear repulsion energy39.510148
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' 3700 3557 5.70 89.43 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3170 3047 37.46 64.65 0.53 0.70
3 A' 3012 2895 70.26 138.42 0.04 0.08
4 A' 1516 1458 7.54 19.10 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1494 1437 1.40 6.97 0.75 0.86
6 A' 1338 1286 18.61 7.12 0.73 0.84
7 A' 1065 1024 19.93 7.54 0.51 0.67
8 A' 992 954 102.57 7.04 0.25 0.40
9 A" 3084 2965 92.22 58.90 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1509 1450 7.27 20.53 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1140 1096 0.25 10.51 0.75 0.86
12 A" 330 317 178.77 5.90 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11175.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10742.7 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
4.23365 0.78622 0.76013

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

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
C11.45941.09261.10121.10122.0260
O21.45942.04762.13382.13380.9793
H31.09262.04761.78301.78302.8809
H41.10122.13381.78301.79462.4350
H51.10122.13381.78301.79462.4350
H62.02600.97932.88092.43502.4350

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 110.819 O2 C1 H3 105.816
O2 C1 H4 112.135 O2 C1 H5 112.135
H3 C1 H4 108.729 H3 C1 H5 108.729
H4 C1 H5 109.151
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.445      
2 O -0.502      
3 H 0.225      
4 H 0.190      
5 H 0.190      
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 1.346 0.000 2.203
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.646 -2.546 0.000
y -2.546 -12.960 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.582
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.626 -2.546 0.000
y -2.546 -0.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.280
Polar
3z2-r2-2.559
x2-y21.314
xy-2.546
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.305 -0.190 0.000
y -0.190 2.448 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.825


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