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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.067474
Energy at 298.15K-115.069963
HF Energy-115.067474
Nuclear repulsion energy35.451075
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 wB97X-D/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 3914 3742 60.06      
2 A 3290 3146 13.90      
3 A 3148 3009 20.20      
4 A 1501 1435 8.31      
5 A 1375 1314 30.82      
6 A 1240 1185 100.83      
7 A 1074 1026 47.74      
8 A 564 539 101.62      
9 A 421 403 48.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8263.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.956) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7899.6 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.48107 1.00783 0.87986

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.680 0.029 -0.072
O2 0.667 -0.124 0.031
H3 -1.231 -0.887 0.089
H4 -1.121 0.982 0.203
H5 1.096 0.720 -0.108

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35881.08061.08561.9054
O21.35882.04572.10940.9569
H31.08062.04571.87522.8341
H41.08562.10941.87522.2540
H51.90540.95692.83412.2540

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 109.505 O2 C1 H3 113.498
O2 C1 H4 118.878 H3 C1 H4 119.920
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.139      
2 O -0.233      
3 H 0.096      
4 H 0.073      
5 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.069 1.464 0.232 1.484
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.507 2.080 -0.592
y 2.080 -10.921 -0.026
z -0.592 -0.026 -14.132
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.020 2.080 -0.592
y 2.080 1.899 -0.026
z -0.592 -0.026 -2.918
Polar
3z2-r2-5.837
x2-y2-0.586
xy2.080
xz-0.592
yz-0.026


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.031 0.100 -0.023
y 0.100 2.579 -0.001
z -0.023 -0.001 1.960


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.391
(<r2>)1/2 4.516