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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+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 B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.018008
Energy at 298.15K-115.020517
HF Energy-115.018008
Nuclear repulsion energy35.369136
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 B1B95/6-31+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 3882 3714 66.02      
2 A 3305 3162 12.80      
3 A 3155 3018 22.76      
4 A 1490 1425 11.48      
5 A 1347 1288 22.59      
6 A 1238 1184 120.65      
7 A 1052 1006 52.26      
8 A 592 567 116.31      
9 A 438 419 67.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8249.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7891.6 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
6.43702 1.00370 0.87735

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.682 0.029 -0.067
O2 -0.667 -0.125 0.025
H3 1.229 -0.888 0.099
H4 1.116 0.992 0.180
H5 -1.103 0.726 -0.075

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36051.08081.08511.9167
O21.36052.04502.10970.9622
H31.08082.04501.88562.8422
H41.08512.10971.88562.2498
H51.91670.96222.84222.2498

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 110.036 O2 C1 H3 113.293
O2 C1 H4 118.807 H3 C1 H4 121.056
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.223      
2 O -0.418      
3 H 0.151      
4 H 0.132      
5 H 0.357      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.034 1.625 0.267 1.647
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.821 -2.309 0.779
y -2.309 -11.126 -0.023
z 0.779 -0.023 -14.715
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.100 -2.309 0.779
y -2.309 2.142 -0.023
z 0.779 -0.023 -3.242
Polar
3z2-r2-6.483
x2-y2-0.695
xy-2.309
xz0.779
yz-0.023


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.124 -0.045 -0.032
y -0.045 2.413 -0.009
z -0.032 -0.009 2.366


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.672
(<r2>)1/2 4.547