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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.782057
Energy at 298.15K-115.786168
HF Energy-115.782057
Nuclear repulsion energy40.234179
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 TPSSh/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' 3802 3802 25.11 79.98 0.19 0.32
2 A' 3109 3109 27.21 66.51 0.48 0.65
3 A' 2987 2987 65.85 176.89 0.03 0.05
4 A' 1519 1519 4.42 5.27 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1481 1481 4.23 1.05 0.17 0.28
6 A' 1370 1370 22.22 1.43 0.36 0.53
7 A' 1074 1074 0.57 5.48 0.22 0.36
8 A' 1035 1035 120.66 2.19 0.28 0.44
9 A" 3035 3035 59.57 70.37 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1509 1509 2.20 5.16 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1171 1171 0.55 1.00 0.75 0.86
12 A" 296 296 101.99 0.84 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11193.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11193.6 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
4.27110 0.82368 0.79502

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.667 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.758 0.000
H3 -1.091 0.975 0.000
H4 0.439 1.075 0.892
H5 0.439 1.075 -0.892
H6 0.866 -1.063 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42431.08861.09511.09511.9557
O21.42432.02312.09572.09570.9623
H31.08862.02311.77381.77382.8254
H41.09512.09571.77381.78442.3561
H51.09512.09571.77381.78442.3561
H61.95570.96232.82542.35612.3561

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 108.508 O2 C1 H3 106.469
O2 C1 H4 111.913 O2 C1 H5 111.913
H3 C1 H4 108.645 H3 C1 H5 108.645
H4 C1 H5 109.128
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.962      
2 O -0.499      
3 H 0.427      
4 H 0.374      
5 H 0.374      
6 H 0.285      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.329 0.936 0.000 1.625
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.096 -0.089 0.000
y -0.089 3.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.016


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.757
(<r2>)1/2 4.874