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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.948721
Energy at 298.15K-114.951209
HF Energy-114.948721
Nuclear repulsion energy35.343117
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3899 3723 65.94      
2 A 3315 3165 11.54      
3 A 3166 3022 22.66      
4 A 1493 1426 11.44      
5 A 1355 1293 23.89      
6 A 1237 1181 121.55      
7 A 1056 1009 51.41      
8 A 582 556 114.42      
9 A 420 401 71.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8261.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7887.9 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
6.43819 1.00177 0.87555

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.682 0.029 -0.065
O2 0.668 -0.125 0.025
H3 -1.232 -0.890 0.092
H4 -1.120 0.993 0.177
H5 1.103 0.726 -0.080

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36151.08181.08601.9166
O21.36152.04862.11350.9619
H31.08182.04861.88792.8446
H41.08602.11351.88792.2532
H51.91660.96192.84462.2532

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 109.964 O2 C1 H3 113.458
O2 C1 H4 118.995 H3 C1 H4 121.123
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.230      
2 O -0.424      
3 H 0.157      
4 H 0.139      
5 H 0.359      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.036 1.634 0.232 1.651
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.818 2.318 -0.772
y 2.318 -11.116 -0.031
z -0.772 -0.031 -14.710
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.095 2.318 -0.772
y 2.318 2.148 -0.031
z -0.772 -0.031 -3.244
Polar
3z2-r2-6.487
x2-y2-0.702
xy2.318
xz-0.772
yz-0.031


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.086 0.043 0.028
y 0.043 2.402 -0.007
z 0.028 -0.007 2.321


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.694
(<r2>)1/2 4.549