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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHOH (1-hydroxy-ethyl radical)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.329562
Energy at 298.15K-154.334511
HF Energy-154.329562
Nuclear repulsion energy74.980299
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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 3874 3713 42.36      
2 A 3146 3015 52.87      
3 A 3131 3001 13.06      
4 A 3081 2953 20.93      
5 A 2984 2860 42.27      
6 A 1501 1439 2.57      
7 A 1476 1414 16.25      
8 A 1464 1403 13.82      
9 A 1397 1339 0.17      
10 A 1288 1234 150.20      
11 A 1233 1182 21.49      
12 A 1065 1021 28.28      
13 A 1024 982 6.36      
14 A 940 901 8.35      
15 A 595 570 17.70      
16 A 410 393 12.39      
17 A 359 344 138.00      
18 A 182 174 3.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14574.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13968.5 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
1.53951 0.31544 0.27687

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.093 0.505 -0.101
C2 1.226 -0.163 0.011
O3 -1.167 -0.341 0.025
H4 -0.228 1.526 0.259
H5 1.289 -1.012 -0.679
H6 2.029 0.538 -0.234
H7 1.422 -0.555 1.023
H8 -1.976 0.178 -0.027

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48281.37241.09092.13272.12682.16381.9128
C21.48282.39932.24261.09621.09391.10303.2207
O31.37242.39932.10262.64173.32472.78260.9630
H41.09092.24262.10263.10282.51302.76422.2260
H52.13271.09622.64173.10281.77481.76693.5366
H62.12681.09393.32472.51301.77481.77344.0271
H72.16381.10302.78262.76421.76691.77343.6315
H81.91283.22070.96302.22603.53664.02713.6315

picture of 1-hydroxy-ethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.685 C1 C2 H6 110.353
C1 C2 H7 112.787 C1 O3 H8 108.708
C2 C1 O3 114.298 C2 C1 H4 120.465
O3 C1 H4 116.740 H5 C2 H6 108.269
H5 C2 H7 106.912 H6 C2 H7 107.652
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.060      
2 C -0.417      
3 O -0.492      
4 H 0.099      
5 H 0.148      
6 H 0.134      
7 H 0.135      
8 H 0.333      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.601 1.191 0.231 1.354
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.821 -1.990 0.020
y -1.990 -19.063 0.512
z 0.020 0.512 -19.967
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.694 -1.990 0.020
y -1.990 -1.669 0.512
z 0.020 0.512 -3.025
Polar
3z2-r2-6.050
x2-y24.241
xy-1.990
xz0.020
yz0.512


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.651 -0.111 0.041
y -0.111 3.817 0.052
z 0.041 0.052 2.838


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 51.230
(<r2>)1/2 7.157