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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.064198
Energy at 298.15K-115.066729
HF Energy-115.064198
Nuclear repulsion energy35.161042
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 B3LYP/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 3787 3674 47.77      
2 A 3250 3152 20.36      
3 A 3102 3009 22.49      
4 A 1464 1420 10.95      
5 A 1363 1322 30.41      
6 A 1219 1182 90.55      
7 A 1049 1018 42.16      
8 A 611 593 73.44      
9 A 448 434 67.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8146.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7901.6 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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
6.29526 0.99456 0.86859

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.684 0.028 -0.071
O2 -0.672 -0.126 0.024
H3 1.232 -0.898 0.114
H4 1.129 0.995 0.187
H5 -1.089 0.743 -0.065

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36761.09171.09601.9113
O21.36762.05672.12800.9681
H31.09172.05671.89702.8482
H41.09602.12801.89702.2466
H51.91130.96812.84822.2466

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 108.630 O2 C1 H3 113.023
O2 C1 H4 119.079 H3 C1 H4 120.247
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.029      
2 O -0.177      
3 H 0.034      
4 H 0.019      
5 H 0.152      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.162 1.440 0.230 1.467
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.479 -2.009 0.601
y -2.009 -10.932 -0.040
z 0.601 -0.040 -13.822
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.898 -2.009 0.601
y -2.009 1.718 -0.040
z 0.601 -0.040 -2.616
Polar
3z2-r2-5.232
x2-y2-0.547
xy-2.009
xz0.601
yz-0.040


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.793 -0.153 0.061
y -0.153 2.343 0.008
z 0.061 0.008 1.356


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.507
(<r2>)1/2 4.528