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All results from a given calculation for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

using model chemistry: BLYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.728010
Energy at 298.15K-115.732111
HF Energy-115.728010
Nuclear repulsion energy39.805524
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 BLYP/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' 3668 3659 13.20 85.65 0.27 0.42
2 A' 3039 3032 29.71 78.72 0.48 0.65
3 A' 2910 2903 67.18 160.75 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1467 1463 4.11 16.48 0.71 0.83
5 A' 1446 1443 6.78 6.74 0.60 0.75
6 A' 1328 1325 17.72 3.66 0.75 0.86
7 A' 1044 1041 13.70 6.26 0.46 0.63
8 A' 973 971 101.62 3.36 0.45 0.62
9 A" 2950 2942 74.09 81.84 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1450 1446 1.55 18.64 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1129 1126 0.04 8.71 0.75 0.86
12 A" 310 309 127.49 2.83 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10857.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10829.9 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 BLYP/TZVP
ABC
4.21039 0.80422 0.77616

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.674 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.768 0.000
H3 -1.098 0.984 0.000
H4 0.439 1.093 0.897
H5 0.439 1.093 -0.897
H6 0.879 -1.068 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.44221.09561.10331.10331.9724
O21.44222.04322.12292.12290.9731
H31.09562.04321.78291.78292.8490
H41.10332.12291.78291.79462.3809
H51.10332.12291.78291.79462.3809
H61.97240.97312.84902.38092.3809

picture of Methyl alcohol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 107.923 O2 C1 H3 106.448
O2 C1 H4 112.342 O2 C1 H5 112.342
H3 C1 H4 108.353 H3 C1 H5 108.353
H4 C1 H5 108.837
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.194      
2 O -0.403      
3 H 0.129      
4 H 0.104      
5 H 0.104      
6 H 0.259      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.464 1.049 0.000 1.801
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.025 -2.224 0.000
y -2.224 -13.607 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.056
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.806 -2.224 0.000
y -2.224 -0.567 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.239
Polar
3z2-r2-2.478
x2-y21.582
xy-2.224
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.823 -0.121 0.000
y -0.121 3.010 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.594


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.213
(<r2>)1/2 4.921