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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.427753
Energy at 298.15K-114.430365
HF Energy-114.427753
Nuclear repulsion energy35.655702
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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
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 4191 3795 72.58      
2 A 3382 3062 29.55      
3 A 3247 2940 31.09      
4 A 1607 1455 16.65      
5 A 1473 1334 50.39      
6 A 1283 1162 113.03      
7 A 1147 1039 45.83      
8 A 828 750 29.21      
9 A 406 368 113.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8782.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7952.8 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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
6.58468 1.01221 0.89154

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.678 0.029 -0.082
O2 0.663 -0.122 0.032
H3 -1.223 -0.875 0.116
H4 -1.107 0.970 0.224
H5 1.095 0.702 -0.101

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35411.07421.07851.8968
O21.35412.03222.08870.9398
H31.07422.03221.85222.8121
H41.07852.08871.85222.2425
H51.89680.93982.81212.2425

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 110.248 O2 C1 H3 113.120
O2 C1 H4 117.878 H3 C1 H4 118.727
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.136      
2 O -0.484      
3 H 0.149      
4 H 0.128      
5 H 0.343      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.229 1.480 0.115 1.502
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.344 2.107 -0.754
y 2.107 -10.881 -0.091
z -0.754 -0.091 -13.634
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.914 2.107 -0.754
y 2.107 1.608 -0.091
z -0.754 -0.091 -2.522
Polar
3z2-r2-5.043
x2-y2-0.463
xy2.107
xz-0.754
yz-0.091


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.517 0.130 -0.077
y 0.130 2.280 0.017
z -0.077 0.017 1.459


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.106
(<r2>)1/2 4.484