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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.414451
Energy at 298.15K-114.416953
HF Energy-114.414451
Nuclear repulsion energy34.569513
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3502 3379 7.07      
2 A 3276 3161 24.65      
3 A 3122 3012 18.20      
4 A 1516 1462 4.25      
5 A 1374 1325 32.90      
6 A 1145 1105 47.99      
7 A 1048 1012 74.62      
8 A 595 574 122.61      
9 A 434 419 82.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8004.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7723.8 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 B3LYPultrafine/3-21G
ABC
6.33615 0.94985 0.83507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.702 0.030 -0.068
O2 0.686 -0.126 0.029
H3 -1.236 -0.898 0.083
H4 -1.165 0.978 0.195
H5 1.130 0.752 -0.100

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.40021.08061.08671.9703
O21.40022.07102.16160.9931
H31.08062.07101.88002.8902
H41.08672.16161.88002.3255
H51.97030.99312.89022.3255

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 109.652 O2 C1 H3 112.552
O2 C1 H4 120.200 H3 C1 H4 120.325
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.197      
2 O -0.516      
3 H 0.191      
4 H 0.161      
5 H 0.360      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.663 0.192 1.674
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.228 2.269 -0.764
y 2.269 -10.837 -0.047
z -0.764 -0.047 -13.759
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.070 2.269 -0.764
y 2.269 1.656 -0.047
z -0.764 -0.047 -2.726
Polar
3z2-r2-5.452
x2-y2-0.391
xy2.269
xz-0.764
yz-0.047


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.649 0.222 -0.045
y 0.222 2.075 -0.006
z -0.045 -0.006 0.799


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.892
(<r2>)1/2 4.571