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All results from a given calculation for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.697815
Energy at 298.15K-115.701978
HF Energy-115.697815
Nuclear repulsion energy40.493312
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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' 3906 3750 27.23 67.10 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3139 3014 33.45 73.86 0.53 0.69
3 A' 3005 2885 63.85 142.99 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1512 1452 3.85 14.45 0.72 0.84
5 A' 1491 1431 5.63 6.01 0.67 0.80
6 A' 1380 1325 25.62 2.32 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1108 1063 28.76 6.85 0.45 0.62
8 A' 1073 1030 94.49 0.53 0.72 0.84
9 A" 3056 2934 78.46 73.94 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1495 1436 2.69 15.19 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1175 1128 0.43 4.73 0.75 0.86
12 A" 331 317 125.85 2.95 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11335.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10883.0 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
4.30170 0.83680 0.80760

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.656 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.087 0.976 0.000
H4 0.435 1.078 0.890
H5 0.435 1.078 -0.890
H6 0.864 -1.046 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40901.08861.09591.09591.9306
O21.40902.01742.09162.09160.9564
H31.08862.01741.76601.76602.8096
H41.09592.09161.76601.77932.3426
H51.09592.09161.76601.77932.3426
H61.93060.95642.80962.34262.3426

picture of Methyl alcohol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 107.877 O2 C1 H3 107.058
O2 C1 H4 112.630 O2 C1 H5 112.630
H3 C1 H4 107.886 H3 C1 H5 107.886
H4 C1 H5 108.535
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.152      
2 O -0.409      
3 H 0.122      
4 H 0.099      
5 H 0.099      
6 H 0.242      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.436 0.933 0.000 1.712
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.602 -2.121 0.000
y -2.121 -13.055 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.549
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.700 -2.121 0.000
y -2.121 -0.480 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.220
Polar
3z2-r2-2.441
x2-y21.453
xy-2.121
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.518 -0.139 0.000
y -0.139 2.658 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.257


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.361
(<r2>)1/2 4.833