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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.597804
Energy at 298.15K-115.601947
HF Energy-115.597804
Nuclear repulsion energy40.363565
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3909 3734 34.69 68.07 0.25 0.40
2 A' 3161 3020 24.49 70.62 0.58 0.73
3 A' 3023 2888 67.86 138.88 0.04 0.08
4 A' 1512 1444 5.49 12.45 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1485 1418 5.64 5.32 0.72 0.84
6 A' 1362 1301 23.39 2.05 0.73 0.84
7 A' 1106 1056 46.71 7.96 0.32 0.49
8 A' 1064 1016 89.01 0.75 0.74 0.85
9 A" 3084 2946 59.90 80.41 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1500 1433 3.38 12.56 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1178 1125 0.17 3.35 0.75 0.86
12 A" 320 306 144.20 1.02 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11351.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10843.7 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 PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
4.26950 0.83187 0.80309

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.660 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.092 0.973 0.000
H4 0.438 1.077 0.894
H5 0.438 1.077 -0.894
H6 0.863 -1.064 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41331.09201.09871.09871.9496
O21.41332.01862.09332.09330.9611
H31.09202.01861.77531.77532.8241
H41.09872.09331.77531.78812.3588
H51.09872.09331.77531.78812.3588
H61.94960.96112.82412.35882.3588

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 108.897 O2 C1 H3 106.660
O2 C1 H4 112.279 O2 C1 H5 112.279
H3 C1 H4 108.266 H3 C1 H5 108.266
H4 C1 H5 108.921
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.282      
2 O -0.522      
3 H 0.169      
4 H 0.144      
5 H 0.144      
6 H 0.348      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.546 1.083 0.000 1.888
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.788 -2.334 0.000
y -2.334 -13.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.948
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.924 -2.334 0.000
y -2.334 -0.610 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.315
Polar
3z2-r2-2.629
x2-y21.689
xy-2.334
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.582 -0.073 0.000
y -0.073 2.870 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.515


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.665
(<r2>)1/2 4.865