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All results from a given calculation for CH2(OH)2 (methanediol)

using model chemistry: QCISD/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2 1A
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.468872
Energy at 298.15K-190.474187
HF Energy-189.923122
Nuclear repulsion energy81.431621
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 QCISD/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 3838 3682 19.40      
2 A 3055 2931 73.53      
3 A 1542 1479 2.75      
4 A 1427 1369 4.62      
5 A 1230 1180 0.95      
6 A 1074 1030 105.75      
7 A 585 561 85.14      
8 A 403 386 36.87      
9 B 3837 3682 33.72      
10 B 3106 2980 68.87      
11 B 1480 1420 97.55      
12 B 1398 1342 15.99      
13 B 1144 1098 205.79      
14 B 1033 991 17.83      
15 B 412 396 179.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12782.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12263.5 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.38088 0.34209 0.30234

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.531
O2 0.000 1.170 -0.248
O3 0.000 -1.170 -0.248
H4 -0.898 -0.078 1.173
H5 0.898 0.078 1.173
H6 -0.804 1.130 -0.784
H7 0.804 -1.130 -0.784

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.40511.40511.10661.10661.91141.9114
O21.40512.33922.09312.00370.96752.4947
O31.40512.33922.00372.09312.49470.9675
H41.10662.09312.00371.80332.30152.7988
H51.10662.00372.09311.80332.79882.3015
H61.91140.96752.49472.30152.79882.7743
H71.91142.49470.96752.79882.30152.7743

picture of methanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 105.857 C1 O3 H7 105.857
O2 C1 O3 112.694 O2 C1 H4 112.342
O2 C1 H5 105.213 O3 C1 H4 105.213
O3 C1 H5 112.342 H4 C1 H5 109.137
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability