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

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVQZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.473950
Energy at 298.15K-114.476535
HF Energy-114.473950
Nuclear repulsion energy35.704631
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 HF/aug-cc-pVQZ
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 4179 3797 87.48      
2 A 3385 3076 19.35      
3 A 3251 2954 29.76      
4 A 1604 1457 15.34      
5 A 1463 1329 47.27      
6 A 1274 1157 136.03      
7 A 1142 1037 46.07      
8 A 763 693 39.58      
9 A 401 365 102.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8731.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7932.5 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 HF/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
6.64647 1.01437 0.89199

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.678 0.029 -0.075
O2 -0.662 -0.122 0.028
H3 1.225 -0.873 0.110
H4 1.104 0.975 0.204
H5 -1.101 0.699 -0.089

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35241.07051.07451.9016
O21.35242.03222.08610.9386
H31.07052.03221.85422.8144
H41.07452.08611.85422.2417
H51.90160.93862.81442.2417

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 110.909 O2 C1 H3 113.505
O2 C1 H4 118.084 H3 C1 H4 119.638
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.419      
2 O -0.623      
3 H 0.383      
4 H 0.335      
5 H 0.324      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.212 1.494 0.174 1.519
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.740 -2.185 0.788
y -2.185 -11.073 -0.055
z 0.788 -0.055 -14.135
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.864 -2.185 0.788
y -2.185 1.865 -0.055
z 0.788 -0.055 -2.729
Polar
3z2-r2-5.457
x2-y2-0.667
xy-2.185
xz0.788
yz-0.055


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.087 -0.064 -0.011
y -0.064 2.677 -0.006
z -0.011 -0.006 2.482


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.315
(<r2>)1/2 4.507