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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.450495
Energy at 298.15K-115.454633
HF Energy-115.060882
Nuclear repulsion energy40.020169
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 CCSD=FULL/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' 3861 3861 26.99      
2 A' 3150 3150 26.70      
3 A' 3028 3028 56.19      
4 A' 1506 1506 4.08      
5 A' 1475 1475 5.26      
6 A' 1386 1386 26.91      
7 A' 1083 1083 1.86      
8 A' 1061 1061 106.32      
9 A" 3091 3091 51.66      
10 A" 1494 1494 2.16      
11 A" 1175 1175 0.81      
12 A" 312 312 105.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11311.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11311.4 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 CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
4.20418 0.81582 0.78752

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.669 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.762 0.000
H3 -1.100 0.983 0.000
H4 0.444 1.081 0.900
H5 0.444 1.081 -0.900
H6 0.868 -1.062 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.43041.09951.10501.10501.9578
O21.43042.03862.10872.10870.9632
H31.09952.03861.78991.78992.8390
H41.10502.10871.78991.80052.3629
H51.10502.10871.78991.80052.3629
H61.95780.96322.83902.36292.3629

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 108.167 O2 C1 H3 106.642
O2 C1 H4 111.906 O2 C1 H5 111.906
H3 C1 H4 108.571 H3 C1 H5 108.571
H4 C1 H5 109.115
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability