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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.939256
Energy at 298.15K-114.941793
HF Energy-114.939256
Nuclear repulsion energy35.357426
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3895 3717 45.24      
2 A 3296 3145 21.76      
3 A 3149 3005 24.43      
4 A 1505 1436 11.00      
5 A 1374 1312 31.39      
6 A 1250 1192 96.82      
7 A 1068 1019 51.06      
8 A 641 612 67.95      
9 A 434 414 96.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8306.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7926.5 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
6.40561 1.00303 0.87802

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.681 0.029 -0.073
O2 -0.668 -0.125 0.027
H3 1.228 -0.889 0.104
H4 1.123 0.984 0.198
H5 -1.089 0.732 -0.086

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36121.08291.08741.9045
O21.36122.04582.11360.9617
H31.08292.04581.87882.8343
H41.08742.11361.87882.2441
H51.90450.96172.83432.2441

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 108.927 O2 C1 H3 113.162
O2 C1 H4 118.927 H3 C1 H4 119.913
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.103      
2 O -0.473      
3 H 0.132      
4 H 0.109      
5 H 0.335      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.030 1.532 0.188 1.544
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.313 -2.130 0.698
y -2.130 -10.800 -0.058
z 0.698 -0.058 -13.763
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.969 -2.130 0.698
y -2.130 1.738 -0.058
z 0.698 -0.058 -2.707
Polar
3z2-r2-5.414
x2-y2-0.513
xy-2.130
xz0.698
yz-0.058


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.685 -0.147 0.058
y -0.147 2.275 0.009
z 0.058 0.009 1.208


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.296
(<r2>)1/2 4.505