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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.973546
Energy at 298.15K-114.976010
HF Energy-114.973546
Nuclear repulsion energy35.418806
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 PBE1PBE/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 3883 3726 60.93      
2 A 3297 3164 11.18      
3 A 3150 3023 19.72      
4 A 1495 1435 9.27      
5 A 1362 1307 22.95      
6 A 1234 1184 109.78      
7 A 1059 1016 50.95      
8 A 547 525 131.35      
9 A 412 396 45.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8219.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7887.1 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 PBE1PBE/TZVP
ABC
6.47123 1.00664 0.87856

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.680 0.028 -0.060
O2 -0.667 -0.125 0.023
H3 1.233 -0.888 0.085
H4 1.120 0.993 0.163
H5 -1.096 0.729 -0.073

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35801.07981.08411.9088
O21.35802.04812.11260.9602
H31.07982.04811.88642.8391
H41.08412.11261.88642.2436
H51.90880.96022.83912.2436

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 109.656 O2 C1 H3 113.824
O2 C1 H4 119.357 H3 C1 H4 121.329
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.197      
2 O -0.314      
3 H 0.127      
4 H 0.103      
5 H 0.280      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.001 1.599 0.216 1.613
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.691 -2.246 0.682
y -2.246 -11.015 -0.024
z 0.682 -0.024 -14.422
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.027 -2.246 0.682
y -2.246 2.041 -0.024
z 0.682 -0.024 -3.069
Polar
3z2-r2-6.137
x2-y2-0.676
xy-2.246
xz0.682
yz-0.024


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.964 -0.091 0.012
y -0.091 2.441 -0.009
z 0.012 -0.009 2.004


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.537
(<r2>)1/2 4.532