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

using model chemistry: LSDA/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2 1A
Energy calculated at LSDA/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.089111
Energy at 298.15K-190.094296
HF Energy-190.089111
Nuclear repulsion energy81.912957
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 LSDA/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 3703 3663 22.36      
2 A 2929 2898 59.21      
3 A 1452 1436 0.00      
4 A 1341 1326 2.72      
5 A 1172 1160 0.06      
6 A 1040 1029 96.57      
7 A 569 562 67.97      
8 A 357 353 47.59      
9 B 3703 3663 39.23      
10 B 2974 2942 41.63      
11 B 1378 1363 57.05      
12 B 1319 1304 23.58      
13 B 1091 1079 237.18      
14 B 978 967 30.96      
15 B 377 372 178.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12190.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9891) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12058.0 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 LSDA/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.40305 0.34645 0.30691

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.523
O2 0.000 1.160 -0.244
O3 0.000 -1.160 -0.244
H4 -0.896 -0.082 1.164
H5 0.896 0.082 1.164
H6 -0.811 1.155 -0.783
H7 0.811 -1.155 -0.783

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.39031.39031.10511.10511.92241.9224
O21.39032.31912.08041.98690.97342.5106
O31.39032.31911.98692.08042.51060.9734
H41.10512.08041.98691.80012.30822.8027
H51.10511.98692.08041.80012.80272.3082
H61.92240.97342.51062.30822.80272.8215
H71.92242.51060.97342.80272.30822.8215

picture of methanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 107.530 C1 O3 H7 107.530
O2 C1 O3 113.037 O2 C1 H4 112.457
O2 C1 H5 104.964 O3 C1 H4 104.964
O3 C1 H5 112.457 H4 C1 H5 109.066
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.075      
2 O -0.301      
3 O -0.301      
4 H 0.060      
5 H 0.060      
6 H 0.203      
7 H 0.203      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.339 0.339
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.913 -3.306 0.000
y -3.306 -22.216 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.595
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.493 -3.306 0.000
y -3.306 -5.963 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.470
Polar
3z2-r24.939
x2-y26.304
xy-3.306
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.390 -0.186 0.000
y -0.186 3.614 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.537


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 45.038
(<r2>)1/2 6.711