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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.562625
Energy at 298.15K-115.566749
HF Energy-115.092324
Nuclear repulsion energy40.412211
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3877 3688 40.21      
2 A' 3182 3027 18.10      
3 A' 3069 2920 53.95      
4 A' 1547 1472 5.40      
5 A' 1498 1425 3.24      
6 A' 1377 1310 21.07      
7 A' 1095 1042 3.14      
8 A' 1064 1012 116.62      
9 A" 3125 2973 38.89      
10 A" 1536 1462 3.06      
11 A" 1197 1139 0.39      
12 A" 294 280 104.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11430.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9514) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10874.9 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.31266 0.83083 0.80177

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.660 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.084 0.974 0.000
H4 0.435 1.074 0.886
H5 0.435 1.074 -0.886
H6 0.861 -1.061 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41291.08391.08981.08981.9451
O21.41292.01452.08652.08650.9577
H31.08392.01451.76101.76102.8143
H41.08982.08651.76101.77192.3501
H51.08982.08651.76101.77192.3501
H61.94510.95772.81432.35012.3501

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 108.757 O2 C1 H3 106.836
O2 C1 H4 112.318 O2 C1 H5 112.318
H3 C1 H4 108.218 H3 C1 H5 108.218
H4 C1 H5 108.763
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability