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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.933204
Energy at 298.15K-114.935660
HF Energy-114.933204
Nuclear repulsion energy35.001749
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3730 3687 49.64      
2 A 3224 3188 11.41      
3 A 3076 3041 21.88      
4 A 1440 1424 8.17      
5 A 1314 1299 19.03      
6 A 1181 1167 103.28      
7 A 1021 1009 50.65      
8 A 553 547 137.97      
9 A 422 417 44.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7979.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7888.9 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
6.29452 0.98365 0.85897

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.689 0.028 -0.065
O2 -0.675 -0.127 0.024
H3 1.237 -0.900 0.096
H4 1.131 1.000 0.176
H5 -1.104 0.742 -0.073

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37571.09001.09431.9298
O21.37572.06372.13410.9740
H31.09002.06371.90442.8645
H41.09432.13411.90442.2636
H51.92980.97402.86452.2636

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 109.239 O2 C1 H3 113.134
O2 C1 H4 119.100 H3 C1 H4 121.345
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.267      
2 O -0.382      
3 H 0.157      
4 H 0.141      
5 H 0.351      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.083 1.603 0.279 1.629
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.048 -2.300 0.765
y -2.300 -11.261 -0.018
z 0.765 -0.018 -15.045
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.105 -2.300 0.765
y -2.300 2.285 -0.018
z 0.765 -0.018 -3.390
Polar
3z2-r2-6.781
x2-y2-0.787
xy-2.300
xz0.765
yz-0.018


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.336 -0.032 -0.036
y -0.032 2.519 -0.016
z -0.036 -0.016 2.646


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.076
(<r2>)1/2 4.591