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All results from a given calculation for CH2OH (Hydroxymethyl radical)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.035719
Energy at 298.15K-115.038185
HF Energy-115.035719
Nuclear repulsion energy34.831412
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/6-31+G**
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 3683 3663 43.23      
2 A 3207 3190 14.19      
3 A 3059 3043 23.59      
4 A 1443 1436 8.14      
5 A 1312 1305 22.77      
6 A 1143 1137 96.90      
7 A 1020 1015 52.69      
8 A 566 563 122.79      
9 A 428 426 53.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7930.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7888.6 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
6.28050 0.97071 0.84933

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.695 0.029 -0.067
O2 -0.679 -0.127 0.024
H3 1.239 -0.900 0.101
H4 1.133 0.999 0.182
H5 -1.112 0.743 -0.074

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.38621.08901.09341.9436
O21.38622.06942.13910.9766
H31.08902.06941.90362.8736
H41.09342.13911.90362.2740
H51.94360.97662.87362.2740

picture of Hydroxymethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 109.467 O2 C1 H3 112.906
O2 C1 H4 118.760 H3 C1 H4 121.444
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.213      
2 O -0.392      
3 H 0.139      
4 H 0.123      
5 H 0.344      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.046 1.603 0.281 1.628
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.164 -2.311 0.769
y -2.311 -11.395 -0.019
z 0.769 -0.019 -15.099
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.083 -2.311 0.769
y -2.311 2.236 -0.019
z 0.769 -0.019 -3.319
Polar
3z2-r2-6.638
x2-y2-0.769
xy-2.311
xz0.769
yz-0.019


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.391 -0.030 -0.031
y -0.030 2.548 -0.020
z -0.031 -0.020 2.684


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.268
(<r2>)1/2 4.612