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

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.921301
Energy at 298.15K-114.923820
HF Energy-114.921301
Nuclear repulsion energy35.014602
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 PBEPBE/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 3722 3671 28.21      
2 A 3204 3160 22.85      
3 A 3057 3015 24.43      
4 A 1452 1432 7.63      
5 A 1336 1318 26.43      
6 A 1194 1177 75.96      
7 A 1033 1019 49.90      
8 A 621 612 72.39      
9 A 442 436 83.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8030.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7920.1 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
6.25286 0.98482 0.86186

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.688 0.028 -0.075
O2 0.676 -0.126 0.027
H3 -1.232 -0.899 0.111
H4 -1.135 0.989 0.205
H5 1.087 0.750 -0.083

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37571.09121.09601.9154
O21.37572.05942.13360.9740
H31.09122.05941.89272.8514
H41.09602.13361.89272.2528
H51.91540.97402.85142.2528

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 107.986 O2 C1 H3 112.689
O2 C1 H4 118.929 H3 C1 H4 119.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.113      
2 O -0.429      
3 H 0.121      
4 H 0.099      
5 H 0.322      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.153 1.478 0.231 1.504
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.428 2.076 -0.701
y 2.076 -10.850 -0.051
z -0.701 -0.051 -13.826
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.910 2.076 -0.701
y 2.076 1.777 -0.051
z -0.701 -0.051 -2.687
Polar
3z2-r2-5.374
x2-y2-0.578
xy2.076
xz-0.701
yz-0.051


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.829 0.157 -0.058
y 0.157 2.366 0.007
z -0.058 0.007 1.233


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.571
(<r2>)1/2 4.536