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

using model chemistry: B97D3/daug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B97D3/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.708835
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-115.708835
Nuclear repulsion energy40.089217
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 B97D3/daug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3754 3754 21.66 83.47 0.18 0.31
2 A' 3060 3060 28.88 69.87 0.48 0.65
3 A' 2933 2933 73.40 185.10 0.03 0.05
4 A' 1478 1478 4.63 5.52 0.73 0.85
5 A' 1445 1445 4.05 1.32 0.18 0.31
6 A' 1346 1346 21.55 1.63 0.27 0.42
7 A' 1058 1058 3.36 4.36 0.20 0.34
8 A' 1004 1004 116.10 2.59 0.28 0.43
9 A" 2980 2980 63.70 77.83 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1465 1465 2.20 5.43 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1145 1145 0.26 0.91 0.75 0.86
12 A" 289 289 99.58 0.78 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10978.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10978.6 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 B97D3/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.24403 0.81733 0.78891

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.669 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.762 0.000
H3 -1.094 0.981 0.000
H4 0.440 1.082 0.895
H5 0.440 1.082 -0.895
H6 0.870 -1.062 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.43021.09281.09961.09961.9581
O21.43022.03292.10652.10650.9643
H31.09282.03291.77911.77912.8333
H41.09962.10651.77911.79022.3625
H51.09962.10651.77911.79022.3625
H61.95810.96432.83332.36252.3625

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 108.136 O2 C1 H3 106.596
O2 C1 H4 112.080 O2 C1 H5 112.080
H3 C1 H4 108.481 H3 C1 H5 108.481
H4 C1 H5 108.981
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/daug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.420      
2 O -0.798      
3 H 0.382      
4 H 0.311      
5 H 0.311      
6 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.310 0.913 0.000 1.597
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.904 -2.064 0.000
y -2.064 -13.579 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.944
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.857 -2.064 0.000
y -2.064 -0.655 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.202
Polar
3z2-r2-2.404
x2-y21.675
xy-2.064
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.200 -0.079 0.000
y -0.079 3.677 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.148


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.928
(<r2>)1/2 4.892