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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.757938
Energy at 298.15K-114.760529
HF Energy-114.424961
Nuclear repulsion energy35.294526
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 MP3=FULL/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 3970 3698 59.56      
2 A 3387 3156 13.48      
3 A 3238 3016 25.02      
4 A 1548 1442 15.30      
5 A 1394 1298 30.72      
6 A 1234 1149 119.92      
7 A 1086 1012 53.28      
8 A 729 679 54.76      
9 A 442 412 114.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8513.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7930.9 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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
6.46306 0.99359 0.87284

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.685 0.030 -0.076
O2 0.669 -0.124 0.033
H3 -1.231 -0.882 0.095
H4 -1.121 0.975 0.218
H5 1.108 0.716 -0.116

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36771.07671.08171.9208
O21.36772.04682.10900.9594
H31.07672.04681.86492.8409
H41.08172.10901.86492.2692
H51.92080.95942.84092.2692

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 110.020 O2 C1 H3 113.182
O2 C1 H4 118.397 H3 C1 H4 119.542
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability