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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.768467
Energy at 298.15K-115.772610
HF Energy-115.768467
Nuclear repulsion energy40.179076
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 18.52 79.51 0.27 0.43
2 A' 3118 3004 31.83 74.88 0.51 0.67
3 A' 2986 2877 65.87 155.26 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1517 1462 3.63 15.54 0.72 0.84
5 A' 1491 1437 8.42 5.98 0.60 0.75
6 A' 1367 1318 18.80 3.59 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1073 1034 1.47 7.39 0.46 0.63
8 A' 1034 997 122.66 1.96 0.41 0.58
9 A" 3033 2923 76.21 76.45 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1503 1448 1.41 17.12 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1169 1126 0.32 7.52 0.75 0.86
12 A" 323 311 131.08 2.52 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11204.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10797.4 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
4.25937 0.82172 0.79296

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.666 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.759 0.000
H3 -1.092 0.976 0.000
H4 0.438 1.080 0.893
H5 0.438 1.080 -0.893
H6 0.870 -1.060 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42551.08981.09741.09741.9543
O21.42552.02552.10172.10170.9647
H31.08982.02551.77471.77472.8269
H41.09742.10171.77471.78572.3587
H51.09742.10171.77471.78572.3587
H61.95430.96472.82692.35872.3587

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 108.149 O2 C1 H3 106.505
O2 C1 H4 112.175 O2 C1 H5 112.175
H3 C1 H4 108.467 H3 C1 H5 108.467
H4 C1 H5 108.905
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 -0.156      
2 O -0.415      
3 H 0.119      
4 H 0.093      
5 H 0.093      
6 H 0.266      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.482 1.052 0.000 1.817
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 2.697 -0.116 0.000
y -0.116 2.861 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.482


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.733
(<r2>)1/2 4.872