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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.143668
Energy at 298.15K-115.147786
HF Energy-115.143668
Nuclear repulsion energy40.298396
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 LSDA/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' 3765 3709 34.95      
2 A' 3070 3024 17.01      
3 A' 2925 2881 72.27      
4 A' 1445 1424 6.85      
5 A' 1419 1398 3.89      
6 A' 1298 1278 18.59      
7 A' 1105 1088 63.54      
8 A' 1022 1006 80.27      
9 A" 2982 2938 53.63      
10 A" 1430 1409 4.48      
11 A" 1133 1116 0.06      
12 A" 318 313 151.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10956.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10791.6 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
4.21173 0.83466 0.80535

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.655 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.751 0.000
H3 -1.100 0.974 0.000
H4 0.437 1.086 0.900
H5 0.437 1.086 -0.900
H6 0.873 -1.071 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40541.10151.10901.10901.9549
O21.40542.02142.10132.10130.9730
H31.10152.02141.78551.78552.8415
H41.10902.10131.78551.80062.3767
H51.10902.10131.78551.80062.3767
H61.95490.97302.84152.37672.3767

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 109.207 O2 C1 H3 106.849
O2 C1 H4 112.848 O2 C1 H5 112.848
H3 C1 H4 107.750 H3 C1 H5 107.750
H4 C1 H5 108.545
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.365      
2 O -0.508      
3 H 0.188      
4 H 0.163      
5 H 0.163      
6 H 0.360      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.569 1.008 0.000 1.865
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.963 -2.415 0.000
y -2.415 -13.654 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.191
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.959 -2.415 0.000
y -2.415 -0.577 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.382
Polar
3z2-r2-2.764
x2-y21.691
xy-2.415
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.710 -0.063 0.000
y -0.063 3.045 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.675


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.826
(<r2>)1/2 4.881