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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.607666
Energy at 298.15K-115.611808
HF Energy-115.607666
Nuclear repulsion energy40.353894
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3902 3726 34.05 68.90 0.25 0.40
2 A' 3159 3016 25.33 70.91 0.58 0.73
3 A' 3023 2886 68.91 139.27 0.04 0.08
4 A' 1512 1444 5.42 12.52 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1485 1417 5.81 5.33 0.72 0.84
6 A' 1362 1300 23.35 2.09 0.73 0.85
7 A' 1102 1052 43.58 8.14 0.32 0.49
8 A' 1063 1015 92.64 0.67 0.75 0.86
9 A" 3083 2944 61.39 80.78 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1501 1433 3.26 12.64 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1178 1125 0.18 3.41 0.75 0.86
12 A" 320 305 144.17 1.03 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11344.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10831.6 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
4.27048 0.83123 0.80250

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.661 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.092 0.974 0.000
H4 0.438 1.077 0.894
H5 0.438 1.077 -0.894
H6 0.863 -1.065 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41391.09181.09851.09851.9507
O21.41392.01902.09362.09360.9612
H31.09182.01901.77521.77522.8248
H41.09852.09361.77521.78782.3597
H51.09852.09361.77521.78782.3597
H61.95070.96122.82482.35972.3597

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 108.934 O2 C1 H3 106.656
O2 C1 H4 112.268 O2 C1 H5 112.268
H3 C1 H4 108.278 H3 C1 H5 108.278
H4 C1 H5 108.925
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.273      
2 O -0.524      
3 H 0.166      
4 H 0.141      
5 H 0.141      
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
  1.547 1.086 0.000 1.890
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.795 -2.336 0.000
y -2.336 -13.484 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.953
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.924 -2.336 0.000
y -2.336 -0.610 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.314
Polar
3z2-r2-2.627
x2-y21.689
xy-2.336
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.586 -0.073 0.000
y -0.073 2.877 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.518


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.677
(<r2>)1/2 4.866