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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.059669
Energy at 298.15K-115.062164
HF Energy-115.059669
Nuclear repulsion energy34.922452
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 BLYP/6-311G**
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 3689 3674 33.38      
2 A 3176 3163 22.76      
3 A 3031 3020 24.46      
4 A 1445 1439 5.60      
5 A 1335 1329 28.23      
6 A 1146 1142 73.50      
7 A 1032 1028 48.33      
8 A 575 573 104.25      
9 A 444 442 50.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7935.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7904.8 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
6.29602 0.97598 0.85382

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.693 0.028 -0.069
O2 0.679 -0.126 0.023
H3 -1.235 -0.898 0.108
H4 -1.135 0.993 0.183
H5 1.093 0.749 -0.066

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.38331.08701.09171.9260
O21.38332.06532.13770.9725
H31.08702.06531.89542.8570
H41.09172.13771.89542.2553
H51.92600.97252.85702.2553

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 108.426 O2 C1 H3 112.905
O2 C1 H4 119.002 H3 C1 H4 120.905
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.160      
2 O -0.283      
3 H 0.109      
4 H 0.090      
5 H 0.245      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.121 1.492 0.255 1.518
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.702 2.093 -0.650
y 2.093 -11.086 -0.032
z -0.650 -0.032 -14.198
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.940 2.093 -0.650
y 2.093 1.865 -0.032
z -0.650 -0.032 -2.804
Polar
3z2-r2-5.609
x2-y2-0.616
xy2.093
xz-0.650
yz-0.032


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.992 0.139 -0.051
y 0.139 2.462 0.007
z -0.051 0.007 1.644


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.844
(<r2>)1/2 4.565