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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.343077
Energy at 298.15K-113.345689
HF Energy-113.313525
Nuclear repulsion energy34.297786
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/STO-3G
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 3812 3812 20.51      
2 A 3550 3550 4.36      
3 A 3360 3360 2.36      
4 A 1638 1638 13.74      
5 A 1556 1556 16.12      
6 A 1283 1283 22.94      
7 A 1124 1124 23.16      
8 A 818 818 27.18      
9 A 539 539 52.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8840.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8840.2 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/STO-3G
ABC
5.91959 0.94790 0.83266

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.701 0.028 -0.094
O2 0.693 -0.133 0.031
H3 -1.244 -0.897 0.144
H4 -1.149 0.973 0.257
H5 1.051 0.815 -0.088

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.40891.09891.10231.9202
O21.40892.08572.16001.0195
H31.09892.08571.87522.8724
H41.10232.16001.87522.2324
H51.92021.01952.87242.2324

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 103.340 O2 C1 H3 111.961
O2 C1 H4 118.158 H3 C1 H4 116.841
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.081      
2 O -0.213      
3 H 0.056      
4 H 0.045      
5 H 0.193      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.088 1.291 0.212 1.312
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.227 1.508 -0.574
y 1.508 -10.300 -0.049
z -0.574 -0.049 -12.030
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.063 1.508 -0.574
y 1.508 1.329 -0.049
z -0.574 -0.049 -1.266
Polar
3z2-r2-2.532
x2-y2-0.928
xy1.508
xz-0.574
yz-0.049


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.797 0.286 0.005
y 0.286 1.302 -0.017
z 0.005 -0.017 0.365


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.464
(<r2>)1/2 4.524