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All results from a given calculation for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.052397
Energy at 298.15K-115.056589
HF Energy-115.052397
Nuclear repulsion energy40.771718
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 HF/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' 4198 3796 56.87 62.59 0.27 0.42
2 A' 3286 2971 42.54 74.18 0.56 0.72
3 A' 3167 2863 72.34 134.04 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1637 1480 4.27 12.07 0.75 0.86
5 A' 1615 1460 9.93 4.18 0.75 0.85
6 A' 1469 1328 38.19 2.06 0.73 0.85
7 A' 1175 1062 107.61 9.60 0.32 0.49
8 A' 1145 1035 52.95 1.98 0.65 0.79
9 A" 3218 2909 83.20 74.26 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1628 1472 2.13 12.85 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1280 1158 2.84 3.41 0.75 0.86
12 A" 326 294 155.54 1.17 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12071.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9042) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10915.1 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 HF/6-31+G**
ABC
4.38345 0.84546 0.81725

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.657 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.745 0.000
H3 -1.079 0.974 0.000
H4 0.440 1.060 0.885
H5 0.440 1.060 -0.885
H6 0.837 -1.076 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40161.08121.08701.08701.9442
O21.40162.00602.06772.06770.9422
H31.08122.00601.76041.76042.8059
H41.08702.06771.76041.77002.3451
H51.08702.06771.76041.77002.3451
H61.94420.94222.80592.34512.3451

picture of Methyl alcohol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 110.555 O2 C1 H3 107.087
O2 C1 H4 111.751 O2 C1 H5 111.751
H3 C1 H4 108.570 H3 C1 H5 108.570
H4 C1 H5 109.002
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.091      
2 O -0.602      
3 H 0.131      
4 H 0.104      
5 H 0.104      
6 H 0.354      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.595 1.163 0.000 1.974
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.753 -2.382 0.000
y -2.382 -13.347 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.831
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.836 -2.382 0.000
y -2.382 -0.555 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.281
Polar
3z2-r2-2.563
x2-y21.594
xy-2.382
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.415 -0.092 0.000
y -0.092 2.592 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.311


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.332
(<r2>)1/2 4.830