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

using model chemistry: LSDA/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at LSDA/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.509965
Energy at 298.15K-114.512236
HF Energy-114.509965
Nuclear repulsion energy35.425469
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 LSDA/TZVP
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 3735 3692 66.45      
2 A 3228 3191 4.42      
3 A 3082 3047 11.69      
4 A 1437 1420 5.62      
5 A 1308 1293 6.83      
6 A 1235 1220 108.52      
7 A 1013 1001 54.18      
8 A 476 471 192.17      
9 A 294 291 16.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7903.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9884) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7812.3 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 LSDA/TZVP
ABC
6.40849 1.01555 0.88021

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.675 0.028 -0.042
O2 -0.664 -0.127 0.016
H3 1.239 -0.896 0.059
H4 1.123 1.010 0.112
H5 -1.103 0.737 -0.050

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.34931.08711.09091.9146
O21.34932.05312.12080.9721
H31.08712.05311.91072.8578
H41.09092.12081.91072.2489
H51.91460.97212.85782.2489

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 110.070 O2 C1 H3 114.428
O2 C1 H4 120.343 H3 C1 H4 122.628
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.301      
2 O -0.291      
3 H 0.161      
4 H 0.137      
5 H 0.295      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.227 1.632 0.191 1.659
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.788 -2.288 0.511
y -2.288 -11.112 -0.005
z 0.511 -0.005 -14.849
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.192 -2.288 0.511
y -2.288 2.207 -0.005
z 0.511 -0.005 -3.399
Polar
3z2-r2-6.798
x2-y2-0.677
xy-2.288
xz0.511
yz-0.005


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.128 -0.089 0.015
y -0.089 2.517 -0.011
z 0.015 -0.011 2.171


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.668
(<r2>)1/2 4.546