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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.037164
Energy at 298.15K-115.039598
HF Energy-115.037164
Nuclear repulsion energy35.239872
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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3852 3715 60.91      
2 A 3297 3180 9.76      
3 A 3145 3033 19.91      
4 A 1463 1411 9.82      
5 A 1353 1305 28.29      
6 A 1216 1173 109.42      
7 A 1046 1009 40.73      
8 A 519 501 125.50      
9 A 404 390 23.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8147.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9646) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7858.6 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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
6.38995 0.99726 0.86920

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.684 0.027 -0.058
O2 0.671 -0.126 0.021
H3 -1.239 -0.895 0.089
H4 -1.122 1.003 0.153
H5 1.097 0.734 -0.059

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36521.08671.09041.9158
O21.36522.06022.12310.9632
H31.08672.06021.90222.8522
H41.09042.12311.90222.2460
H51.91580.96322.85222.2460

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 109.522 O2 C1 H3 113.849
O2 C1 H4 119.252 H3 C1 H4 121.790
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.646      
2 O -0.319      
3 H -0.264      
4 H -0.200      
5 H 0.137      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.067 1.449 0.221 1.468
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.931 2.140 -0.609
y 2.140 -11.102 -0.020
z -0.609 -0.020 -14.570
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.906 2.140 -0.609
y 2.140 2.148 -0.020
z -0.609 -0.020 -3.054
Polar
3z2-r2-6.108
x2-y2-0.828
xy2.140
xz-0.609
yz-0.020


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.554 0.070 0.025
y 0.070 2.939 -0.009
z 0.025 -0.009 2.870


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.766
(<r2>)1/2 4.557