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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.070959
Energy at 298.15K-115.073426
HF Energy-115.070959
Nuclear repulsion energy35.455731
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 wB97X-D/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 3910 3740 65.22      
2 A 3296 3153 10.17      
3 A 3154 3017 19.64      
4 A 1499 1433 9.62      
5 A 1368 1309 27.88      
6 A 1235 1181 114.13      
7 A 1069 1023 47.57      
8 A 542 518 114.87      
9 A 415 397 33.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8243.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7885.9 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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.49816 1.00800 0.87947

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.680 0.029 -0.070
O2 0.667 -0.124 0.031
H3 -1.233 -0.885 0.086
H4 -1.120 0.984 0.200
H5 1.102 0.717 -0.109

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35901.08041.08511.9104
O21.35902.04762.10870.9571
H31.08042.04761.87612.8388
H41.08512.10871.87612.2587
H51.91040.95712.83882.2587

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 109.923 O2 C1 H3 113.662
O2 C1 H4 118.831 H3 C1 H4 120.075
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.618      
2 O -0.312      
3 H 0.383      
4 H 0.378      
5 H 0.169      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.077 1.456 0.242 1.478
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.820 2.139 -0.615
y 2.139 -11.045 -0.013
z -0.615 -0.013 -14.473
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.939 2.139 -0.615
y 2.139 2.101 -0.013
z -0.615 -0.013 -3.040
Polar
3z2-r2-6.081
x2-y2-0.775
xy2.139
xz-0.615
yz-0.013


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.552 0.058 0.040
y 0.058 2.961 -0.012
z 0.040 -0.012 2.943


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.558
(<r2>)1/2 4.534