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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.925523
Energy at 298.15K-114.928025
HF Energy-114.925523
Nuclear repulsion energy34.976449
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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3674 3653 38.47      
2 A 3187 3168 19.07      
3 A 3036 3019 21.71      
4 A 1416 1407 8.63      
5 A 1330 1322 23.26      
6 A 1195 1188 78.43      
7 A 1017 1011 41.37      
8 A 584 580 82.70      
9 A 446 443 55.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7941.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7895.9 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
6.17645 0.98722 0.86091

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.686 0.028 -0.072
O2 -0.676 -0.127 0.024
H3 1.234 -0.907 0.116
H4 1.139 1.000 0.189
H5 -1.082 0.757 -0.062

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37351.09931.10371.9124
O21.37352.06452.14210.9770
H31.09932.06451.90992.8570
H41.10372.14211.90992.2479
H51.91240.97702.85702.2479

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 107.705 O2 C1 H3 112.733
O2 C1 H4 119.301 H3 C1 H4 120.208
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.073      
2 O -0.152      
3 H 0.044      
4 H 0.029      
5 H 0.153      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.264 1.406 0.256 1.454
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.533 -1.975 0.603
y -1.975 -10.928 -0.037
z 0.603 -0.037 -13.915
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.888 -1.975 0.603
y -1.975 1.796 -0.037
z 0.603 -0.037 -2.684
Polar
3z2-r2-5.368
x2-y2-0.606
xy-1.975
xz0.603
yz-0.037


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.887 -0.150 0.062
y -0.150 2.420 0.009
z 0.062 0.009 1.391


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.653
(<r2>)1/2 4.545