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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.671287
Energy at 298.15K-115.675408
HF Energy-115.671286
Nuclear repulsion energy40.480213
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 M06-2X/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' 3914 3728 32.96      
2 A' 3148 2998 27.81      
3 A' 3020 2877 49.65      
4 A' 1520 1448 3.26      
5 A' 1492 1421 4.25      
6 A' 1388 1322 29.73      
7 A' 1137 1083 44.31      
8 A' 1074 1023 71.42      
9 A" 3076 2930 61.10      
10 A" 1505 1434 1.74      
11 A" 1184 1128 1.07      
12 A" 294 280 111.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11376.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9524) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10835.3 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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
4.28197 0.83803 0.80832

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.655 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.752 0.000
H3 -1.090 0.974 0.000
H4 0.436 1.080 0.890
H5 0.436 1.080 -0.890
H6 0.863 -1.052 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40721.09171.09811.09811.9344
O21.40722.01692.09302.09300.9578
H31.09172.01691.77071.77072.8143
H41.09812.09301.77071.78072.3492
H51.09812.09301.77071.78072.3492
H61.93440.95782.81432.34922.3492

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 108.254 O2 C1 H3 106.953
O2 C1 H4 112.738 O2 C1 H5 112.738
H3 C1 H4 107.919 H3 C1 H5 107.919
H4 C1 H5 108.357
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.214      
2 O -0.469      
3 H 0.143      
4 H 0.113      
5 H 0.113      
6 H 0.315      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.343 0.806 0.000 1.567
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.511 -2.006 0.000
y -2.006 -12.983 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.492
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.726 -2.006 0.000
y -2.006 -0.482 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.245
Polar
3z2-r2-2.489
x2-y21.472
xy-2.006
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.528 -0.147 0.000
y -0.147 2.667 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.312


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.317
(<r2>)1/2 4.829