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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.928582
Energy at 298.15K-114.931098
HF Energy-114.928582
Nuclear repulsion energy35.087208
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 PBEPBE/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 3725 3686 34.30      
2 A 3194 3162 18.46      
3 A 3052 3020 20.81      
4 A 1436 1422 6.03      
5 A 1338 1324 25.43      
6 A 1189 1177 71.21      
7 A 1029 1018 44.61      
8 A 613 607 66.41      
9 A 442 437 66.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8009.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9897) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7926.5 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 PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
6.26661 0.98966 0.86526

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.686 0.028 -0.075
O2 0.674 -0.126 0.025
H3 -1.231 -0.897 0.118
H4 -1.130 0.991 0.197
H5 1.083 0.749 -0.069

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37241.09101.09501.9105
O21.37242.05772.12900.9708
H31.09102.05771.89302.8465
H41.09502.12901.89302.2420
H51.91050.97082.84652.2420

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 108.008 O2 C1 H3 112.793
O2 C1 H4 118.850 H3 C1 H4 119.982
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.257      
2 O -0.293      
3 H 0.131      
4 H 0.114      
5 H 0.304      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.210 1.373 0.249 1.411
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.489 1.967 -0.650
y 1.967 -10.790 -0.039
z -0.650 -0.039 -13.781
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.796 1.967 -0.650
y 1.967 1.845 -0.039
z -0.650 -0.039 -2.642
Polar
3z2-r2-5.283
x2-y2-0.700
xy1.967
xz-0.650
yz-0.039


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.945 0.151 -0.047
y 0.151 2.491 0.010
z -0.047 0.010 1.539


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.509
(<r2>)1/2 4.529