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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.262177
Energy at 298.15K-114.264726
HF Energy-114.196268
Nuclear repulsion energy34.544789
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 B2PLYP/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 3535 3535 10.51      
2 A 3304 3304 24.71      
3 A 3150 3150 18.83      
4 A 1539 1539 4.96      
5 A 1387 1387 32.22      
6 A 1143 1143 39.19      
7 A 1061 1061 85.03      
8 A 654 654 91.39      
9 A 447 447 108.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8110.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8110.0 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 B2PLYP/3-21G
ABC
6.34923 0.94595 0.83325

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.705 0.030 -0.072
O2 -0.687 -0.126 0.030
H3 1.234 -0.896 0.090
H4 1.164 0.973 0.205
H5 -1.130 0.750 -0.102

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.40411.07871.08481.9708
O21.40412.07052.16010.9902
H31.07872.07051.87362.8866
H41.08482.16011.87362.3251
H51.97080.99022.88662.3251

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 109.585 O2 C1 H3 112.348
O2 C1 H4 119.879 H3 C1 H4 119.997
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.181      
2 O -0.534      
3 H 0.191      
4 H 0.160      
5 H 0.364      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.089 1.683 0.182 1.696
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.299 -2.289 0.781
y -2.289 -10.934 -0.054
z 0.781 -0.054 -13.791
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.064 -2.289 0.781
y -2.289 1.611 -0.054
z 0.781 -0.054 -2.675
Polar
3z2-r2-5.350
x2-y2-0.365
xy-2.289
xz0.781
yz-0.054


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.630 -0.214 0.044
y -0.214 2.058 -0.005
z 0.044 -0.005 0.786


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.952
(<r2>)1/2 4.577