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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C1 2A
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.032881
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-114.893076
Nuclear repulsion energy35.357459
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/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 3849 3692 66.10      
2 A 3304 3169 8.17      
3 A 3169 3039 19.09      
4 A 1499 1438 8.41      
5 A 1367 1311 27.03      
6 A 1205 1156 107.67      
7 A 1062 1019 48.42      
8 A 564 541 98.96      
9 A 424 407 43.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8222.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9591) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7885.7 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.49613 1.00000 0.87379

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.684 0.027 -0.061
O2 0.669 -0.126 0.020
H3 -1.232 -0.883 0.100
H4 -1.114 0.992 0.159
H5 1.097 0.731 -0.053

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36481.07461.07801.9149
O21.36482.04852.10870.9602
H31.07462.04851.87882.8376
H41.07802.10871.87882.2355
H51.91490.96022.83762.2355

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 109.671 O2 C1 H3 113.706
O2 C1 H4 118.898 H3 C1 H4 121.581
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.683      
2 O -0.312      
3 H 0.418      
4 H 0.390      
5 H 0.187      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.027 1.454 0.244 1.474
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.029 2.146 -0.625
y 2.146 -11.220 -0.014
z -0.625 -0.014 -14.642
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.902 2.146 -0.625
y 2.146 2.115 -0.014
z -0.625 -0.014 -3.018
Polar
3z2-r2-6.035
x2-y2-0.808
xy2.146
xz-0.625
yz-0.014


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.600 0.062 0.041
y 0.062 2.961 -0.011
z 0.041 -0.011 2.921


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.736
(<r2>)1/2 4.554