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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.726385
Energy at 298.15K-115.730510
HF Energy-115.726385
Nuclear repulsion energy40.405947
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 B3PW91/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' 3864 3715 28.04      
2 A' 3112 2993 28.52      
3 A' 2989 2874 63.09      
4 A' 1506 1448 4.18      
5 A' 1476 1419 3.53      
6 A' 1375 1322 26.56      
7 A' 1096 1053 13.73      
8 A' 1059 1018 107.45      
9 A" 3037 2921 64.96      
10 A" 1490 1433 2.28      
11 A" 1171 1126 0.47      
12 A" 301 290 111.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11237.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10805.6 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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.29324 0.83266 0.80361

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.659 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.754 0.000
H3 -1.088 0.978 0.000
H4 0.437 1.079 0.890
H5 0.437 1.079 -0.890
H6 0.864 -1.056 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41261.08991.09661.09661.9409
O21.41262.02162.09402.09400.9591
H31.08992.02161.76881.76882.8193
H41.09662.09401.76881.78042.3517
H51.09662.09401.76881.78042.3517
H61.94090.95912.81932.35172.3517

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 108.327 O2 C1 H3 107.063
O2 C1 H4 112.528 O2 C1 H5 112.528
H3 C1 H4 107.989 H3 C1 H5 107.989
H4 C1 H5 108.546
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.044      
2 O -0.337      
3 H 0.088      
4 H 0.048      
5 H 0.048      
6 H 0.197      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.349 0.852 0.000 1.595
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.669 -2.064 0.000
y -2.064 -13.137 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.635
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.717 -2.064 0.000
y -2.064 -0.484 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.233
Polar
3z2-r2-2.465
x2-y21.468
xy-2.064
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.771 -0.117 0.000
y -0.117 2.996 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.544


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.481
(<r2>)1/2 4.846