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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/Def2TZVPP

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/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.775476
Energy at 298.15K-115.779590
HF Energy-115.775476
Nuclear repulsion energy40.242588
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/Def2TZVPP
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' 3808 3808 21.59 76.12 0.24 0.39
2 A' 3109 3109 30.48 70.27 0.50 0.66
3 A' 2985 2985 63.93 161.00 0.04 0.08
4 A' 1519 1519 3.41 10.09 0.73 0.85
5 A' 1482 1482 5.28 2.72 0.40 0.57
6 A' 1374 1374 22.66 2.13 0.75 0.85
7 A' 1077 1077 0.33 6.26 0.38 0.55
8 A' 1040 1040 120.63 1.49 0.42 0.59
9 A" 3032 3032 68.49 69.95 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1505 1505 1.53 11.37 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1169 1169 0.55 4.43 0.75 0.86
12 A" 299 299 109.77 2.04 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11199.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11199.8 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/Def2TZVPP
ABC
4.26683 0.82464 0.79586

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.665 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.758 0.000
H3 -1.091 0.974 0.000
H4 0.439 1.077 0.893
H5 0.439 1.077 -0.893
H6 0.867 -1.060 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42281.08951.09641.09641.9523
O21.42282.02272.09752.09750.9626
H31.08952.02271.77421.77422.8240
H41.09642.09751.77421.78512.3557
H51.09642.09751.77421.78512.3557
H61.95230.96262.82402.35572.3557

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 108.313 O2 C1 H3 106.489
O2 C1 H4 112.087 O2 C1 H5 112.087
H3 C1 H4 108.517 H3 C1 H5 108.517
H4 C1 H5 109.001
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.027      
2 O -0.364      
3 H 0.072      
4 H 0.061      
5 H 0.061      
6 H 0.197      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.355 0.905 0.000 1.629
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 2.863 -0.112 0.000
y -0.112 3.124 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.663


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.667
(<r2>)1/2 4.865