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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.753723
Energy at 298.15K-114.756306
HF Energy-114.424773
Nuclear repulsion energy35.210167
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 CCD/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 3937 3710 56.34      
2 A 3365 3170 14.08      
3 A 3216 3031 25.26      
4 A 1538 1450 15.52      
5 A 1387 1307 30.02      
6 A 1222 1152 118.66      
7 A 1080 1018 52.53      
8 A 725 683 53.55      
9 A 438 412 114.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8453.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7966.0 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
6.43037 0.98884 0.86870

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.689 0.029 -0.076
O2 -0.672 -0.125 0.029
H3 1.228 -0.885 0.107
H4 1.117 0.981 0.210
H5 -1.103 0.726 -0.095

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37311.07751.08191.9223
O21.37312.04782.11080.9617
H31.07752.04781.87252.8408
H41.08192.11081.87252.2554
H51.92230.96172.84082.2554

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 109.579 O2 C1 H3 112.807
O2 C1 H4 118.100 H3 C1 H4 120.253
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability