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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.608038
Energy at 298.15K-115.612232
HF Energy-115.608038
Nuclear repulsion energy40.472538
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3858 3698 12.15 72.54 0.32 0.48
2 A' 3144 3014 35.89 74.32 0.53 0.70
3 A' 3002 2877 69.83 134.96 0.06 0.12
4 A' 1529 1466 4.22 15.98 0.72 0.84
5 A' 1502 1439 5.04 7.16 0.69 0.82
6 A' 1402 1344 31.84 2.64 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1114 1068 35.11 6.55 0.47 0.64
8 A' 1085 1040 94.11 0.79 0.67 0.80
9 A" 3051 2924 87.50 76.18 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1512 1449 3.47 16.32 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1185 1135 0.39 5.46 0.75 0.86
12 A" 359 344 147.83 3.20 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11370.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10898.9 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
4.28321 0.83742 0.80815

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.656 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.751 0.000
H3 -1.090 0.973 0.000
H4 0.437 1.079 0.892
H5 0.437 1.079 -0.892
H6 0.864 -1.053 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40721.09081.09891.09891.9364
O21.40722.01592.09242.09240.9590
H31.09082.01591.77131.77132.8150
H41.09892.09241.77131.78372.3501
H51.09892.09241.77131.78372.3501
H61.93640.95902.81502.35012.3501

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 108.350 O2 C1 H3 106.926
O2 C1 H4 112.627 O2 C1 H5 112.627
H3 C1 H4 107.978 H3 C1 H5 107.978
H4 C1 H5 108.499
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.440      
2 O -0.568      
3 H 0.226      
4 H 0.196      
5 H 0.196      
6 H 0.390      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.551 0.924 0.000 1.805
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.617 -2.266 0.000
y -2.266 -13.137 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.680
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.792 -2.266 0.000
y -2.266 -0.489 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.303
Polar
3z2-r2-2.605
x2-y21.520
xy-2.266
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.455 -0.138 0.000
y -0.138 2.574 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.182


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.420
(<r2>)1/2 4.839