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All results from a given calculation for CH2(OH)2 (methanediol)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2 1A
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.539887
Energy at 298.15K-190.545081
HF Energy-189.943081
Nuclear repulsion energy80.724044
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 QCISD(T)/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 3787 3703        
2 A 3048 2981        
3 A 1511 1477        
4 A 1388 1357        
5 A 1199 1172        
6 A 1025 1002        
7 A 548 536        
8 A 371 363        
9 B 3787 3702        
10 B 3106 3037        
11 B 1437 1406        
12 B 1362 1332        
13 B 1066 1042        
14 B 1002 980        
15 B 372 364        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12503.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9778) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12226.1 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.36470 0.33441 0.29594

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.538
O2 0.000 1.182 -0.250
O3 0.000 -1.182 -0.250
H4 -0.903 -0.076 1.169
H5 0.903 0.076 1.169
H6 -0.811 1.171 -0.781
H7 0.811 -1.171 -0.781

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.42061.42061.10451.10451.94131.9413
O21.42062.36322.10042.01360.96902.5444
O31.42062.36322.01362.10042.54440.9690
H41.10452.10042.01361.81312.31622.8180
H51.10452.01362.10041.81312.81802.3162
H61.94130.96902.54442.31622.81802.8489
H71.94132.54440.96902.81802.31622.8489

picture of methanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 107.148 C1 O3 H7 107.148
O2 C1 O3 112.562 O2 C1 H4 111.965
O2 C1 H5 105.081 O3 C1 H4 105.081
O3 C1 H5 111.965 H4 C1 H5 110.326
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability