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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.690795
Energy at 298.15K-115.694889
HF Energy-115.690795
Nuclear repulsion energy39.724236
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 BLYP/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' 3685 3665 17.61 75.74 0.25 0.40
2 A' 3053 3037 27.94 74.39 0.54 0.70
3 A' 2920 2905 75.17 143.07 0.04 0.08
4 A' 1470 1462 5.05 11.70 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1441 1433 7.72 4.89 0.71 0.83
6 A' 1319 1312 17.44 2.64 0.71 0.83
7 A' 1037 1032 11.20 5.51 0.41 0.59
8 A' 984 979 113.14 4.19 0.21 0.35
9 A" 2967 2952 68.29 90.89 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1459 1451 2.36 11.49 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1134 1128 0.03 3.88 0.75 0.86
12 A" 308 306 133.00 0.97 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10888.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10830.7 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
4.17963 0.80187 0.77396

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.676 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.768 0.000
H3 -1.103 0.982 0.000
H4 0.441 1.092 0.901
H5 0.441 1.092 -0.901
H6 0.879 -1.075 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.44441.09921.10641.10641.9813
O21.44442.04432.12432.12430.9759
H31.09922.04431.79111.79112.8570
H41.10642.12431.79111.80272.3881
H51.10642.12431.79111.80272.3881
H61.98130.97592.85702.38812.3881

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 108.342 O2 C1 H3 106.184
O2 C1 H4 112.098 O2 C1 H5 112.098
H3 C1 H4 108.602 H3 C1 H5 108.602
H4 C1 H5 109.112
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.231      
2 O -0.504      
3 H 0.150      
4 H 0.127      
5 H 0.127      
6 H 0.331      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.514 1.126 0.000 1.886
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.066 -2.321 0.000
y -2.321 -13.806 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.257
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.965 -2.321 0.000
y -2.321 -0.644 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.321
Polar
3z2-r2-2.643
x2-y21.740
xy-2.321
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.732 -0.068 0.000
y -0.068 3.140 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.677


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.361
(<r2>)1/2 4.936