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All results from a given calculation for CH2OH (Hydroxymethyl 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-115.039164
Energy at 298.15K-115.041725
HF Energy-115.039164
Nuclear repulsion energy35.356455
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3830 3687 31.50      
2 A 3261 3139 24.27      
3 A 3113 2997 29.73      
4 A 1498 1442 8.64      
5 A 1383 1331 36.45      
6 A 1228 1182 100.33      
7 A 1078 1037 49.61      
8 A 644 620 85.88      
9 A 457 440 97.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8245.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7938.0 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
6.40928 1.00254 0.87806

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 0.682 0.029 -0.074
O2 -0.667 -0.125 0.027
H3 1.224 -0.890 0.108
H4 1.121 0.985 0.201
H5 -1.098 0.727 -0.084

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36151.08221.08751.9120
O21.36152.04142.11160.9612
H31.08222.04141.88002.8360
H41.08752.11161.88002.2520
H51.91200.96122.83602.2520

picture of Hydroxymethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 109.606 O2 C1 H3 112.815
O2 C1 H4 118.710 H3 C1 H4 120.111
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 -0.335      
2 O -0.483      
3 H 0.219      
4 H 0.195      
5 H 0.404      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.056 1.629 0.236 1.647
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.460 -2.271 0.786
y -2.271 -10.903 -0.039
z 0.786 -0.039 -14.168
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.076 -2.271 0.786
y -2.271 1.911 -0.039
z 0.786 -0.039 -2.987
Polar
3z2-r2-5.974
x2-y2-0.557
xy-2.271
xz0.786
yz-0.039


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.762 -0.124 0.048
y -0.124 2.291 0.000
z 0.048 0.000 1.527


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.434
(<r2>)1/2 4.520