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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.017321
Energy at 298.15K-115.019833
HF Energy-114.889484
Nuclear repulsion energy35.338770
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-pVTZ
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 3855 3699 59.41      
2 A 3299 3165 13.32      
3 A 3155 3027 20.36      
4 A 1501 1440 7.39      
5 A 1375 1319 29.73      
6 A 1211 1162 93.38      
7 A 1065 1022 48.36      
8 A 592 568 85.05      
9 A 432 414 59.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8242.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7907.7 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-pVTZ
ABC
6.46681 0.99920 0.87360

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.683 0.029 -0.072
O2 0.669 -0.124 0.031
H3 -1.231 -0.885 0.090
H4 -1.124 0.979 0.204
H5 1.096 0.724 -0.107

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36441.07811.08301.9103
O21.36442.04832.11270.9595
H31.07812.04831.86992.8366
H41.08302.11271.86992.2571
H51.91030.95952.83662.2571

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 109.337 O2 C1 H3 113.464
O2 C1 H4 118.914 H3 C1 H4 119.816
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.124      
2 O -0.290      
3 H 0.112      
4 H 0.082      
5 H 0.220      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.045 0.106 -0.028
y 0.106 2.569 -0.000
z -0.028 -0.000 1.941


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.500
(<r2>)1/2 4.528