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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.978797
Energy at 298.15K-114.981243
HF Energy-114.978797
Nuclear repulsion energy35.452832
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3883 3734 67.84      
2 A 3291 3164 8.48      
3 A 3150 3028 18.85      
4 A 1483 1426 9.76      
5 A 1363 1310 25.55      
6 A 1234 1187 115.05      
7 A 1054 1014 45.88      
8 A 528 508 116.40      
9 A 406 390 30.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8195.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7880.0 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.48814 1.00885 0.87961

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.679 0.027 -0.058
O2 -0.666 -0.126 0.019
H3 1.235 -0.885 0.093
H4 1.115 0.997 0.150
H5 -1.095 0.729 -0.052

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35671.07911.08261.9079
O21.35672.04932.10920.9589
H31.07912.04931.88642.8385
H41.08262.10921.88642.2345
H51.90790.95892.83852.2345

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 109.766 O2 C1 H3 114.077
O2 C1 H4 119.270 H3 C1 H4 121.541
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.637      
2 O -0.273      
3 H 0.383      
4 H 0.356      
5 H 0.171      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.091 1.449 0.232 1.470
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.901 -2.138 0.595
y -2.138 -11.096 -0.014
z 0.595 -0.014 -14.542
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.917 -2.138 0.595
y -2.138 2.126 -0.014
z 0.595 -0.014 -3.043
Polar
3z2-r2-6.086
x2-y2-0.805
xy-2.138
xz0.595
yz-0.014


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.567 -0.063 -0.031
y -0.063 2.967 -0.010
z -0.031 -0.010 2.943


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.601
(<r2>)1/2 4.539