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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.625636
Energy at 298.15K-115.629736
HF Energy-115.625636
Nuclear repulsion energy40.073074
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' 3724 3698 18.27 75.88 0.25 0.40
2 A' 3036 3015 28.31 74.24 0.49 0.66
3 A' 2910 2890 67.43 163.84 0.04 0.08
4 A' 1459 1449 3.78 11.39 0.72 0.83
5 A' 1427 1417 3.50 4.30 0.43 0.60
6 A' 1340 1331 23.32 1.73 0.72 0.84
7 A' 1058 1050 2.29 5.95 0.40 0.57
8 A' 1016 1009 111.50 0.44 0.72 0.84
9 A" 2954 2933 68.69 77.61 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1440 1430 1.84 11.87 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1129 1121 0.19 4.08 0.75 0.86
12 A" 300 298 105.28 2.57 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10895.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10820.7 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
4.21736 0.81955 0.79055

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.664 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.761 0.000
H3 -1.098 0.979 0.000
H4 0.437 1.091 0.897
H5 0.437 1.091 -0.897
H6 0.878 -1.052 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42501.09761.10491.10491.9494
O21.42502.03332.11372.11370.9693
H31.09762.03331.78141.78142.8340
H41.10492.11371.78141.79382.3645
H51.10492.11371.78141.79382.3645
H61.94940.96932.83402.36452.3645

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 107.485 O2 C1 H3 106.702
O2 C1 H4 112.725 O2 C1 H5 112.725
H3 C1 H4 107.966 H3 C1 H5 107.966
H4 C1 H5 108.537
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 -0.092      
2 O -0.318      
3 H 0.100      
4 H 0.057      
5 H 0.057      
6 H 0.196      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.312 0.800 0.000 1.537
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.847 -2.024 0.000
y -2.024 -13.314 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.836
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.729 -2.024 0.000
y -2.024 -0.473 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.256
Polar
3z2-r2-2.512
x2-y21.468
xy-2.024
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.891 -0.120 0.000
y -0.120 3.143 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.653


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.841
(<r2>)1/2 4.883