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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.361763
Energy at 298.15K-114.364277
HF Energy-114.361763
Nuclear repulsion energy34.707468
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 B1B95/3-21G
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 3402 12.64      
2 A 3298 3156 23.56      
3 A 3140 3005 16.85      
4 A 1515 1450 3.62      
5 A 1372 1312 31.06      
6 A 1166 1115 56.53      
7 A 1051 1005 74.31      
8 A 597 571 136.39      
9 A 444 425 81.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8069.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7720.1 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
6.36780 0.95862 0.84233

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.699 0.030 -0.068
O2 -0.682 -0.126 0.028
H3 1.232 -0.896 0.083
H4 1.160 0.978 0.194
H5 -1.130 0.746 -0.099

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.39311.07941.08561.9641
O21.39312.06432.15350.9889
H31.07942.06431.87852.8828
H41.08562.15351.87852.3194
H51.96410.98892.88282.3194

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 109.927 O2 C1 H3 112.597
O2 C1 H4 120.130 H3 C1 H4 120.382
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.225      
2 O -0.530      
3 H 0.207      
4 H 0.176      
5 H 0.372      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.016 1.695 0.203 1.707
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.132 -2.311 0.787
y -2.311 -10.772 -0.043
z 0.787 -0.043 -13.776
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.142 -2.311 0.787
y -2.311 1.682 -0.043
z 0.787 -0.043 -2.824
Polar
3z2-r2-5.648
x2-y2-0.360
xy-2.311
xz0.787
yz-0.043


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.626 -0.211 0.042
y -0.211 2.059 -0.004
z 0.042 -0.004 0.802


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.757
(<r2>)1/2 4.556