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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.966416
Energy at 298.15K-113.969014
HF Energy-113.772633
Nuclear repulsion energy34.426645
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 MP2/3-21G
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 3556 3394 13.19      
2 A 3318 3167 25.71      
3 A 3163 3019 21.43      
4 A 1566 1494 7.04      
5 A 1403 1339 30.18      
6 A 1141 1089 30.29      
7 A 1074 1025 108.05      
8 A 746 712 56.82      
9 A 453 432 133.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8209.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7835.6 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
6.32431 0.93661 0.82729

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.708 0.030 -0.077
O2 -0.691 -0.125 0.032
H3 1.235 -0.896 0.096
H4 1.169 0.968 0.223
H5 -1.129 0.750 -0.112

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.41201.07991.08641.9736
O21.41202.07532.16520.9895
H31.07992.07531.86952.8883
H41.08642.16521.86952.3320
H51.97360.98952.88832.3320

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 109.269 O2 C1 H3 112.087
O2 C1 H4 119.569 H3 C1 H4 119.315
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability