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All results from a given calculation for CH2(OH)2 (methanediol)

using model chemistry: B97D3/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2 1A
Energy calculated at B97D3/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.771979
Energy at 298.15K-189.777195
HF Energy-189.771979
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B97D3/3-21G
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 3386 3328 0.12      
2 A 2971 2920 75.48      
3 A 1542 1515 0.95      
4 A 1395 1371 2.37      
5 A 1187 1167 3.81      
6 A 927 911 95.56      
7 A 561 551 123.08      
8 A 384 377 16.66      
9 B 3388 3331 2.19      
10 B 3017 2965 72.90      
11 B 1418 1394 48.74      
12 B 1357 1334 12.67      
13 B 985 968 28.63      
14 B 966 950 178.35      
15 B 426 419 214.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11953.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.983) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11750.7 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 B97D3/3-21G
ABC
1.33533 0.31811 0.28210

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/3-21G

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.546
O2 0.000 1.214 -0.250
O3 0.000 -1.214 -0.250
H4 -0.895 -0.108 1.178
H5 0.895 0.108 1.178
H6 -0.829 1.177 -0.812
H7 0.829 -1.177 -0.812

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45211.45211.10081.10081.97921.9792
O21.45212.42882.14212.01611.00192.5930
O31.45212.42882.01612.14212.59301.0019
H41.10082.14212.01611.80232.37012.8416
H51.10082.01612.14211.80232.84162.3701
H61.97921.00192.59302.37012.84162.8795
H71.97922.59301.00192.84162.37012.8795

picture of methanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.781 C1 O3 H7 108.781
O2 C1 O3 115.045 O2 C1 H4 113.197
O2 C1 H5 103.641 O3 C1 H4 103.641
O3 C1 H5 113.197 H4 C1 H5 108.200
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.016      
2 O -0.544      
3 O -0.544      
4 H 0.200      
5 H 0.200      
6 H 0.336      
7 H 0.336      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.329 0.329
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.391 -3.558 0.000
y -3.558 -22.357 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.677
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.626 -3.558 0.000
y -3.558 -6.824 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.198
Polar
3z2-r26.396
x2-y26.966
xy-3.558
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.615 -0.185 0.000
y -0.185 2.703 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.607


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.373
(<r2>)1/2 6.883