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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.632297
Energy at 298.15K-115.636445
HF Energy-115.632297
Nuclear repulsion energy40.421438
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' 3887 3730 29.48 72.84 0.27 0.42
2 A' 3139 3012 26.87 72.18 0.53 0.69
3 A' 3006 2885 61.75 153.60 0.05 0.09
4 A' 1505 1444 4.61 14.80 0.71 0.83
5 A' 1486 1426 5.54 6.96 0.67 0.81
6 A' 1368 1312 22.15 2.70 0.75 0.85
7 A' 1101 1056 24.77 7.98 0.45 0.62
8 A' 1063 1020 102.82 0.51 0.74 0.85
9 A" 3059 2936 65.49 72.81 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1487 1427 2.67 17.31 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1175 1128 0.17 6.20 0.75 0.86
12 A" 321 308 137.56 2.21 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11298.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10842.1 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
4.28938 0.83389 0.80487

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.658 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.089 0.978 0.000
H4 0.437 1.078 0.891
H5 0.437 1.078 -0.891
H6 0.863 -1.057 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41111.09031.09741.09741.9413
O21.41112.02052.09302.09300.9592
H31.09032.02051.76991.76992.8198
H41.09742.09301.76991.78222.3524
H51.09742.09301.76991.78222.3524
H61.94130.95922.81982.35242.3524

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 108.469 O2 C1 H3 107.061
O2 C1 H4 112.504 O2 C1 H5 112.504
H3 C1 H4 107.998 H3 C1 H5 107.998
H4 C1 H5 108.582
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 -0.201      
2 O -0.401      
3 H 0.129      
4 H 0.103      
5 H 0.103      
6 H 0.268      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.503 1.018 0.000 1.815
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.745 -2.254 0.000
y -2.254 -13.325 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.769
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.802 -2.254 0.000
y -2.254 -0.568 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.233
Polar
3z2-r2-2.467
x2-y21.580
xy-2.254
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.664 -0.111 0.000
y -0.111 2.786 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.468


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.550
(<r2>)1/2 4.853