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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.647787
Energy at 298.15K-115.651904
HF Energy-115.647787
Nuclear repulsion energy40.427552
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3884 3735 35.19 74.34 0.18 0.31
2 A' 3131 3011 23.05 63.34 0.50 0.67
3 A' 3010 2895 62.54 176.19 0.02 0.05
4 A' 1505 1447 5.97 5.10 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1473 1417 2.56 1.18 0.18 0.31
6 A' 1371 1319 25.49 1.24 0.36 0.53
7 A' 1096 1055 23.68 6.76 0.25 0.39
8 A' 1060 1020 100.08 0.08 0.59 0.74
9 A" 3064 2947 51.37 66.13 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1493 1436 3.50 5.03 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1173 1128 0.35 0.83 0.75 0.86
12 A" 294 283 106.43 0.80 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11276.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9618) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10846.0 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 HSEh1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.29456 0.83338 0.80456

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/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 -1.088 0.976 0.000
H4 0.438 1.074 0.891
H5 0.438 1.074 -0.891
H6 0.861 -1.061 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41281.08911.09521.09521.9450
O21.41282.01902.08902.08900.9578
H31.08912.01901.77001.77002.8193
H41.09522.08901.77001.78212.3510
H51.09522.08901.77001.78212.3510
H61.94500.95782.81932.35102.3510

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 108.745 O2 C1 H3 106.893
O2 C1 H4 112.186 O2 C1 H5 112.186
H3 C1 H4 108.259 H3 C1 H5 108.259
H4 C1 H5 108.898
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.466      
2 O -0.406      
3 H 0.267      
4 H 0.230      
5 H 0.230      
6 H 0.145      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.351 0.907 0.000 1.628
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.822 -2.101 0.000
y -2.101 -13.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.838
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.840 -2.101 0.000
y -2.101 -0.657 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.183
Polar
3z2-r2-2.366
x2-y21.665
xy-2.101
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.049 -0.088 0.000
y -0.088 3.459 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.964


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.608
(<r2>)1/2 4.859