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

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 CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.693207
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-115.542465
Nuclear repulsion energy40.324656
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' 3854 3697 32.94 76.50 0.17 0.29
2 A' 3145 3017 22.79 61.85 0.49 0.66
3 A' 3030 2906 59.87 170.03 0.02 0.05
4 A' 1529 1466 5.26 4.94 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1491 1430 3.37 0.87 0.17 0.29
6 A' 1376 1319 23.15 1.27 0.41 0.59
7 A' 1084 1040 1.11 5.32 0.21 0.34
8 A' 1050 1007 119.89 3.19 0.24 0.39
9 A" 3080 2954 48.57 62.74 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1518 1456 2.90 4.83 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1184 1135 0.47 0.88 0.75 0.86
12 A" 289 277 104.58 0.76 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11314.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9591) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10851.7 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
4.30432 0.82631 0.79773

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.665 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.756 0.000
H3 -1.086 0.978 0.000
H4 0.438 1.073 0.889
H5 0.438 1.073 -0.889
H6 0.862 -1.064 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42161.08571.09131.09131.9536
O21.42162.02212.09082.09080.9595
H31.08572.02211.76691.76692.8225
H41.09132.09081.76691.77752.3532
H51.09132.09081.76691.77752.3532
H61.95360.95952.82252.35322.3532

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 108.711 O2 C1 H3 106.739
O2 C1 H4 111.943 O2 C1 H5 111.943
H3 C1 H4 108.513 H3 C1 H5 108.513
H4 C1 H5 109.058
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 -0.578      
2 O -0.434      
3 H 0.304      
4 H 0.274      
5 H 0.274      
6 H 0.161      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.353 0.988 0.000 1.676
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.930 -2.105 -0.002
y -2.105 -13.619 -0.007
z -0.002 -0.007 -13.965
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.862 -2.105 -0.002
y -2.105 -0.672 -0.007
z -0.002 -0.007 -1.190
Polar
3z2-r2-2.381
x2-y21.689
xy-2.105
xz-0.002
yz-0.007


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.044 -0.091 0.001
y -0.091 3.473 0.001
z 0.001 0.001 2.956


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.767
(<r2>)1/2 4.875