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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.063728
Energy at 298.15K-115.067964
HF Energy-115.063728
Nuclear repulsion energy40.848650
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 HF/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' 4174 3775 26.93 67.13 0.33 0.50
2 A' 3283 2970 54.94 76.79 0.53 0.70
3 A' 3161 2859 72.61 129.88 0.07 0.13
4 A' 1652 1494 3.89 13.88 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1628 1472 9.59 5.27 0.73 0.85
6 A' 1509 1364 47.29 3.07 0.69 0.81
7 A' 1182 1069 124.02 6.69 0.42 0.59
8 A' 1165 1053 26.02 3.35 0.58 0.73
9 A" 3204 2898 110.84 71.11 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1639 1482 2.14 14.92 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1288 1165 3.59 4.89 0.75 0.86
12 A" 360 325 160.28 2.83 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12121.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10963.0 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
4.39226 0.84903 0.82052

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.654 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.744 0.000
H3 -1.077 0.974 0.000
H4 0.440 1.060 0.884
H5 0.440 1.060 -0.884
H6 0.836 -1.066 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.39831.08031.08721.08721.9329
O21.39832.00422.06722.06720.9389
H31.08032.00421.75831.75832.7971
H41.08722.06721.75831.76742.3364
H51.08722.06721.75831.76742.3364
H61.93290.93892.79712.33642.3364

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 110.034 O2 C1 H3 107.225
O2 C1 H4 111.946 O2 C1 H5 111.946
H3 C1 H4 108.428 H3 C1 H5 108.428
H4 C1 H5 108.744
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.328      
2 O -0.653      
3 H 0.209      
4 H 0.180      
5 H 0.180      
6 H 0.411      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.610 1.052 0.000 1.923
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 1.597 1.058 0.000 1.916


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.617 -2.333 0.000
y -2.333 -13.115 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.620
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.750 -2.333 0.000
y -2.333 -0.497 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.253
Polar
3z2-r2-2.507
x2-y21.498
xy-2.333
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.308 -0.146 0.000
y -0.146 2.356 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.052


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.155
(<r2>)1/2 4.812