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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.604311
Energy at 298.15K-115.608483
HF Energy-115.493935
Nuclear repulsion energy40.214778
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 B2PLYP/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' 3827 3665 23.10 73.55 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3146 3013 32.97 79.00 0.55 0.71
3 A' 3007 2880 63.11 146.69 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1505 1442 3.66 16.48 0.72 0.84
5 A' 1484 1421 8.70 6.02 0.61 0.76
6 A' 1393 1334 26.84 2.06 0.75 0.85
7 A' 1100 1054 13.62 7.18 0.45 0.62
8 A' 1073 1027 100.26 0.46 0.72 0.84
9 A" 3060 2930 81.40 79.69 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1488 1425 1.73 16.90 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1170 1120 0.91 5.11 0.75 0.86
12 A" 341 327 112.17 3.51 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11296.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10818.3 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 B2PLYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
4.21913 0.82767 0.79798

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.658 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.758 0.000
H3 -1.098 0.980 0.000
H4 0.439 1.089 0.896
H5 0.439 1.089 -0.896
H6 0.876 -1.042 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41601.09921.10671.10671.9342
O21.41602.03072.10962.10960.9655
H31.09922.03071.78241.78242.8253
H41.10672.10961.78241.79242.3527
H51.10672.10961.78241.79242.3527
H61.93420.96552.82532.35272.3527

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 107.101 O2 C1 H3 107.006
O2 C1 H4 112.920 O2 C1 H5 112.920
H3 C1 H4 107.803 H3 C1 H5 107.803
H4 C1 H5 108.150
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.091      
2 O -0.295      
3 H 0.037      
4 H 0.012      
5 H 0.012      
6 H 0.143      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.355 0.826 0.000 1.587
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.655 -1.999 -0.003
y -1.999 -13.108 -0.010
z -0.003 -0.010 -13.599
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.698 -1.999 -0.003
y -1.999 -0.480 -0.010
z -0.003 -0.010 -1.218
Polar
3z2-r2-2.435
x2-y21.452
xy-1.999
xz-0.003
yz-0.010


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.454 -0.152 0.001
y -0.152 2.618 0.002
z 0.001 0.002 2.165


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.593
(<r2>)1/2 4.857