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

using model chemistry: ROHF/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 ROHF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.423585
Energy at 298.15K-114.426227
HF Energy-114.423585
Nuclear repulsion energy35.641616
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 ROHF/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 4191 70.47      
2 A 3373 3373 34.08      
3 A 3236 3236 36.75      
4 A 1609 1609 16.00      
5 A 1477 1477 49.05      
6 A 1279 1279 112.48      
7 A 1155 1155 46.53      
8 A 936 936 22.14      
9 A 408 408 118.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8832.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8832.4 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 ROHF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
6.55946 1.01054 0.89271

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.679 0.030 -0.090
O2 0.663 -0.121 0.035
H3 -1.218 -0.874 0.125
H4 -1.107 0.963 0.247
H5 1.096 0.699 -0.112

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35541.07481.07961.8971
O21.35542.02772.08560.9398
H31.07482.02771.84412.8087
H41.07962.08561.84412.2475
H51.89710.93982.80872.2475

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 110.171 O2 C1 H3 112.592
O2 C1 H4 117.399 H3 C1 H4 117.729
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.129      
2 O -0.489      
3 H 0.149      
4 H 0.127      
5 H 0.342      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.242 1.465 0.110 1.488
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.378 2.111 -0.821
y 2.111 -10.933 -0.106
z -0.821 -0.106 -13.610
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.893 2.111 -0.821
y 2.111 1.561 -0.106
z -0.821 -0.106 -2.454
Polar
3z2-r2-4.909
x2-y2-0.445
xy2.111
xz-0.821
yz-0.106


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.114
(<r2>)1/2 4.485