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

using model chemistry: HF/Sadlej_pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/Sadlej_pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.078521
Energy at 298.15K-115.082722
HF Energy-115.078521
Nuclear repulsion energy40.737172
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/Sadlej_pVTZ
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' 4182 3819 56.93      
2 A' 3266 2982 36.39      
3 A' 3150 2876 65.41      
4 A' 1613 1473 4.71      
5 A' 1595 1457 6.37      
6 A' 1480 1351 42.23      
7 A' 1177 1075 99.10      
8 A' 1147 1047 42.82      
9 A" 3208 2929 66.65      
10 A" 1605 1465 2.94      
11 A" 1267 1156 2.60      
12 A" 327 299 120.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12009.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.913) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10964.2 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/Sadlej_pVTZ
ABC
4.34274 0.84664 0.81799

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Sadlej_pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.654 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.745 0.000
H3 -1.084 0.978 0.000
H4 0.442 1.064 0.889
H5 0.442 1.064 -0.889
H6 0.842 -1.065 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.39891.08801.09341.09341.9343
O21.39892.01182.07362.07360.9433
H31.08802.01181.76801.76802.8076
H41.09342.07361.76801.77762.3413
H51.09342.07361.76801.77762.3413
H61.93430.94332.80762.34132.3413

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 109.818 O2 C1 H3 107.328
O2 C1 H4 112.027 O2 C1 H5 112.027
H3 C1 H4 108.283 H3 C1 H5 108.283
H4 C1 H5 108.755
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Sadlej_pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 2.467      
2 O -0.358      
3 H -0.639      
4 H -0.580      
5 H -0.580      
6 H -0.311      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.430 0.969 0.000 1.727
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.738 -2.167 0.000
y -2.167 -13.368 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.746
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.820 -2.167 0.000
y -2.167 -0.627 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.193
Polar
3z2-r2-2.386
x2-y21.631
xy-2.167
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.813 -0.092 0.000
y -0.092 3.105 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.707


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.332
(<r2>)1/2 4.830