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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHOH (1-hydroxy-ethyl radical)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.356121
Energy at 298.15K-154.361108
HF Energy-154.356121
Nuclear repulsion energy75.084610
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3835 3692 31.86      
2 A 3127 3010 62.83      
3 A 3111 2995 12.37      
4 A 3062 2948 23.35      
5 A 2964 2854 53.93      
6 A 1506 1450 2.11      
7 A 1480 1425 17.07      
8 A 1466 1411 11.53      
9 A 1401 1349 1.71      
10 A 1300 1252 151.06      
11 A 1224 1179 36.86      
12 A 1073 1033 27.90      
13 A 1029 991 7.10      
14 A 941 906 8.80      
15 A 598 576 18.80      
16 A 413 398 19.14      
17 A 380 366 151.82      
18 A 184 177 3.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14546.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14004.3 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
1.54300 0.31647 0.27781

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.092 0.505 -0.103
C2 1.224 -0.162 0.011
O3 -1.164 -0.340 0.025
H4 -0.231 1.523 0.263
H5 1.289 -1.012 -0.677
H6 2.031 0.534 -0.230
H7 1.413 -0.556 1.023
H8 -1.978 0.170 -0.024

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47991.37101.09032.13032.12682.15841.9166
C21.47992.39452.24061.09511.09281.10243.2186
O31.37102.39452.09672.63833.32202.77220.9610
H41.09032.24062.09673.10152.51752.75702.2277
H52.13031.09512.63833.10151.77201.76473.5343
H62.12681.09283.32202.51751.77201.77224.0300
H72.15841.10242.77222.75701.76471.77223.6219
H81.91663.21860.96102.22773.53434.03003.6219

picture of 1-hydroxy-ethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.763 C1 C2 H6 110.621
C1 C2 H7 112.587 C1 O3 H8 109.290
C2 C1 O3 114.211 C2 C1 H4 120.576
O3 C1 H4 116.376 H5 C2 H6 108.172
H5 C2 H7 106.841 H6 C2 H7 107.663
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.082      
2 C -0.679      
3 O -0.506      
4 H 0.188      
5 H 0.233      
6 H 0.223      
7 H 0.219      
8 H 0.404      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.665 1.283 0.287 1.473
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.019 -2.034 -0.025
y -2.034 -19.446 0.633
z -0.025 0.633 -20.442
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.925 -2.034 -0.025
y -2.034 -1.716 0.633
z -0.025 0.633 -3.209
Polar
3z2-r2-6.419
x2-y24.427
xy-2.034
xz-0.025
yz0.633


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.821 -0.153 0.076
y -0.153 3.984 0.007
z 0.076 0.007 3.142


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 51.330
(<r2>)1/2 7.165