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All results from a given calculation for CH2OH (Hydroxymethyl radical)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.967558
Energy at 298.15K-114.970160
HF Energy-114.864374
Nuclear repulsion energy35.300097
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 B2PLYP/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 3838 3838 33.45      
2 A 3288 3288 24.18      
3 A 3138 3138 29.63      
4 A 1517 1517 8.26      
5 A 1397 1397 38.43      
6 A 1217 1217 96.55      
7 A 1090 1090 50.27      
8 A 693 693 73.79      
9 A 476 476 105.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8327.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8327.3 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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
ABC
6.41153 0.99694 0.87453

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.685 0.029 -0.077
O2 -0.669 -0.124 0.028
H3 1.222 -0.888 0.115
H4 1.120 0.982 0.207
H5 -1.097 0.729 -0.083

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36691.07971.08501.9140
O21.36692.04132.11080.9605
H31.07972.04131.87462.8332
H41.08502.11081.87462.2493
H51.91400.96052.83322.2493

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 109.404 O2 C1 H3 112.567
O2 C1 H4 118.386 H3 C1 H4 119.999
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.317      
2 O -0.487      
3 H 0.213      
4 H 0.189      
5 H 0.402      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.013 1.633 0.244 1.651
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.585 -2.268 0.788
y -2.268 -11.026 -0.042
z 0.788 -0.042 -14.233
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.045 -2.268 0.788
y -2.268 1.883 -0.042
z 0.788 -0.042 -2.928
Polar
3z2-r2-5.856
x2-y2-0.558
xy-2.268
xz0.788
yz-0.042


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.761 -0.127 0.051
y -0.127 2.283 0.003
z 0.051 0.003 1.503


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.534
(<r2>)1/2 4.531