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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.618072
Energy at 298.15K-115.622266
HF Energy-115.618072
Nuclear repulsion energy40.448514
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3851 3695 11.80 72.80 0.32 0.48
2 A' 3143 3016 36.46 74.69 0.54 0.70
3 A' 3002 2880 70.09 135.87 0.06 0.12
4 A' 1529 1467 4.22 15.99 0.72 0.84
5 A' 1501 1440 4.97 7.03 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1402 1345 31.59 2.68 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1107 1062 24.48 6.81 0.47 0.64
8 A' 1083 1040 104.42 0.60 0.73 0.84
9 A" 3051 2928 88.19 76.65 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1512 1451 3.47 16.26 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1184 1136 0.38 5.55 0.75 0.86
12 A" 359 345 147.40 3.22 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11361.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10902.5 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
4.28264 0.83595 0.80679

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.657 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.752 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 -1.054 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40901.09051.09861.09861.9381
O21.40902.01602.09312.09310.9591
H31.09052.01601.77131.77132.8154
H41.09862.09311.77131.78392.3512
H51.09862.09311.77131.78392.3512
H61.93810.95912.81542.35122.3512

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 108.354 O2 C1 H3 106.833
O2 C1 H4 112.588 O2 C1 H5 112.588
H3 C1 H4 108.029 H3 C1 H5 108.029
H4 C1 H5 108.573
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/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 0.389      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.550 0.932 0.000 1.808
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.621 -2.264 0.000
y -2.264 -13.142 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.680
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.790 -2.264 0.000
y -2.264 -0.492 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.298
Polar
3z2-r2-2.597
x2-y21.522
xy-2.264
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.457 -0.138 0.000
y -0.138 2.579 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.182


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.440
(<r2>)1/2 4.842