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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.730345
Energy at 298.15K-115.734492
HF Energy-115.730345
Nuclear repulsion energy40.301022
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 B3LYP/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' 3831 3697 17.75 69.27 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3106 2997 30.76 65.64 0.53 0.69
3 A' 2981 2877 58.57 114.97 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1513 1460 3.38 15.61 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1486 1434 4.67 5.82 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1390 1341 27.04 2.70 0.73 0.85
7 A' 1093 1055 1.43 6.47 0.40 0.57
8 A' 1056 1019 110.39 0.83 0.45 0.62
9 A" 3026 2920 72.22 63.67 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1495 1443 1.38 16.51 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1175 1134 0.86 5.53 0.75 0.86
12 A" 323 312 106.06 2.94 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11238.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10844.8 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
4.26287 0.82893 0.79958

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.660 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.757 0.000
H3 -1.093 0.977 0.000
H4 0.438 1.084 0.892
H5 0.438 1.084 -0.892
H6 0.869 -1.050 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41621.09351.10021.10021.9391
O21.41622.02492.10212.10210.9613
H31.09352.02491.77481.77482.8208
H41.10022.10211.77481.78422.3529
H51.10022.10211.77481.78422.3529
H61.93910.96132.82082.35292.3529

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 107.758 O2 C1 H3 106.866
O2 C1 H4 112.704 O2 C1 H5 112.704
H3 C1 H4 108.004 H3 C1 H5 108.004
H4 C1 H5 108.353
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.220      
2 O -0.403      
3 H 0.132      
4 H 0.103      
5 H 0.103      
6 H 0.286      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.309 0.787 0.000 1.527
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.532 -1.959 0.000
y -1.959 -13.023 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.466
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.713 -1.959 0.000
y -1.959 -0.524 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.188
Polar
3z2-r2-2.377
x2-y21.491
xy-1.959
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.539 -0.155 0.000
y -0.155 2.708 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.298


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.468
(<r2>)1/2 4.844