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All results from a given calculation for CH2OH (Hydroxymethyl radical)

using model chemistry: HF/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at HF/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.424492
Energy at 298.15K-114.427104
HF Energy-114.424492
Nuclear repulsion energy35.528655
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/cc-pVDZ
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 4161 3778 84.59      
2 A 3396 3084 28.10      
3 A 3256 2956 32.18      
4 A 1589 1443 22.01      
5 A 1468 1333 50.40      
6 A 1285 1167 125.36      
7 A 1138 1033 40.07      
8 A 802 728 31.03      
9 A 415 377 116.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8755.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.908) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7949.6 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 HF/cc-pVDZ
ABC
6.48889 1.00805 0.88621

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.679 0.029 -0.081
O2 0.665 -0.122 0.031
H3 -1.226 -0.883 0.116
H4 -1.113 0.978 0.221
H5 1.094 0.710 -0.098

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35691.08161.08611.8987
O21.35692.03982.09940.9451
H31.08162.03981.86702.8219
H41.08612.09941.86702.2456
H51.89870.94512.82192.2456

picture of Hydroxymethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 109.851 O2 C1 H3 113.064
O2 C1 H4 118.059 H3 C1 H4 118.917
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.053      
2 O -0.297      
3 H 0.050      
4 H 0.032      
5 H 0.162      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.254 1.524 0.112 1.549
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.449 2.133 -0.729
y 2.133 -10.963 -0.081
z -0.729 -0.081 -13.710
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.887 2.133 -0.729
y 2.133 1.617 -0.081
z -0.729 -0.081 -2.504
Polar
3z2-r2-5.007
x2-y2-0.486
xy2.133
xz-0.729
yz-0.081


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.428 0.136 -0.085
y 0.136 2.177 0.012
z -0.085 0.012 1.298


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.243
(<r2>)1/2 4.499