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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.813680
Energy at 298.15K-190.818852
HF Energy-190.813680
Nuclear repulsion energy80.901245
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3682 3657 13.19      
2 A 2941 2921 64.21      
3 A 1470 1460 0.22      
4 A 1354 1345 3.28      
5 A 1170 1162 1.39      
6 A 998 991 87.14      
7 A 547 543 61.27      
8 A 365 362 47.42      
9 B 3682 3657 24.29      
10 B 2985 2965 51.07      
11 B 1395 1385 58.16      
12 B 1330 1321 20.04      
13 B 1019 1012 246.83      
14 B 979 972 12.02      
15 B 384 382 159.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12150.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12066.7 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.38739 0.33425 0.29693

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.529
O2 0.000 1.181 -0.248
O3 0.000 -1.181 -0.248
H4 -0.898 -0.081 1.164
H5 0.898 0.081 1.164
H6 -0.820 1.176 -0.771
H7 0.820 -1.176 -0.771

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.41411.41411.10261.10261.93591.9359
O21.41412.36292.09612.00260.97272.5507
O31.41412.36292.00262.09612.55070.9727
H41.10262.09612.00261.80262.30972.8100
H51.10262.00262.09611.80262.81002.3097
H61.93590.97272.55072.30972.81002.8677
H71.93592.55070.97272.81002.30972.8677

picture of methanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 106.952 C1 O3 H7 106.952
O2 C1 O3 113.335 O2 C1 H4 112.207
O2 C1 H5 104.776 O3 C1 H4 104.776
O3 C1 H5 112.207 H4 C1 H5 109.665
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.133      
2 O -0.309      
3 O -0.309      
4 H 0.049      
5 H 0.049      
6 H 0.194      
7 H 0.194      


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 -0.240 0.240
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.863 -3.255 0.000
y -3.255 -22.132 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.674
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.539 -3.255 0.000
y -3.255 -5.863 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.324
Polar
3z2-r24.648
x2-y26.268
xy-3.255
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.388 -0.197 0.000
y -0.197 3.703 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.514


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.017
(<r2>)1/2 6.784