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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.757395
Energy at 298.15K-115.761548
HF Energy-115.757395
Nuclear repulsion energy40.249431
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 B3LYP/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' 3839 3712 20.86 71.03 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3103 3000 34.70 76.37 0.51 0.67
3 A' 2974 2875 65.33 143.62 0.06 0.11
4 A' 1508 1458 3.86 14.61 0.72 0.83
5 A' 1489 1439 5.53 5.86 0.66 0.79
6 A' 1380 1334 25.15 2.52 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1085 1049 2.40 5.65 0.46 0.63
8 A' 1053 1018 116.61 2.14 0.48 0.65
9 A" 3016 2916 82.01 76.67 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1492 1442 2.55 15.27 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1168 1129 0.40 5.21 0.75 0.86
12 A" 329 318 122.88 3.22 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11217.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10844.6 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 B3LYP/6-311G**
ABC
4.27090 0.82487 0.79613

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.662 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.759 0.000
H3 -1.091 0.979 0.000
H4 0.436 1.084 0.892
H5 0.436 1.084 -0.892
H6 0.869 -1.052 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42101.09091.09861.09861.9435
O21.42102.02682.10332.10330.9611
H31.09092.02681.77171.77172.8218
H41.09862.10331.77171.78452.3548
H51.09862.10331.77171.78452.3548
H61.94350.96112.82182.35482.3548

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 107.781 O2 C1 H3 106.844
O2 C1 H4 112.556 O2 C1 H5 112.556
H3 C1 H4 108.033 H3 C1 H5 108.033
H4 C1 H5 108.619
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.116      
2 O -0.406      
3 H 0.110      
4 H 0.088      
5 H 0.088      
6 H 0.236      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.428 0.948 0.000 1.714
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.723 -2.112 0.000
y -2.112 -13.183 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.669
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.703 -2.112 0.000
y -2.112 -0.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.215
Polar
3z2-r2-2.431
x2-y21.460
xy-2.112
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.551 -0.146 0.000
y -0.146 2.712 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.278


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.629
(<r2>)1/2 4.861