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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.107779
Energy at 298.15K-115.110301
HF Energy-115.107779
Nuclear repulsion energy35.181022
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 TPSSh/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 3796 3658 45.08      
2 A 3262 3144 16.45      
3 A 3114 3001 23.39      
4 A 1496 1442 9.29      
5 A 1358 1309 23.60      
6 A 1186 1143 98.06      
7 A 1052 1014 53.68      
8 A 611 589 92.01      
9 A 438 422 72.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8156.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7860.6 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 TPSSh/TZVP
ABC
6.39275 0.99051 0.86705

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.688 0.028 -0.069
O2 -0.672 -0.125 0.025
H3 1.229 -0.891 0.101
H4 1.123 0.989 0.187
H5 -1.099 0.734 -0.079

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37171.08071.08551.9209
O21.37172.05142.11900.9655
H31.08072.05141.88542.8453
H41.08552.11901.88542.2518
H51.92090.96552.84532.2518

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 109.319 O2 C1 H3 113.007
O2 C1 H4 118.703 H3 C1 H4 120.995
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.175      
2 O -0.323      
3 H 0.122      
4 H 0.097      
5 H 0.279      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.022 1.572 0.252 1.592
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.055 -0.096 0.004
y -0.096 2.506 -0.010
z 0.004 -0.010 2.012


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.693
(<r2>)1/2 4.549