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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHOH (1-hydroxy-ethyl radical)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.485428
Energy at 298.15K-153.490336
HF Energy-153.485428
Nuclear repulsion energy74.286070
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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 3592 3411 13.34      
2 A 3162 3002 40.38      
3 A 3142 2984 15.70      
4 A 3104 2948 14.59      
5 A 3009 2857 31.73      
6 A 1561 1483 3.68      
7 A 1537 1459 10.80      
8 A 1470 1396 20.48      
9 A 1453 1379 0.42      
10 A 1288 1223 87.41      
11 A 1202 1141 56.37      
12 A 1082 1027 16.84      
13 A 1058 1005 39.04      
14 A 937 889 5.98      
15 A 588 558 21.17      
16 A 397 377 30.19      
17 A 361 343 159.77      
18 A 159 151 2.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14550.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13817.0 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
1.49852 0.31148 0.27251

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.080 0.521 -0.097
C2 1.232 -0.173 0.009
O3 -1.178 -0.341 0.028
H4 -0.189 1.543 0.262
H5 1.240 -1.050 -0.646
H6 2.041 0.499 -0.291
H7 1.440 -0.525 1.032
H8 -2.016 0.175 -0.052

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48791.40101.08882.12482.13002.16351.9666
C21.48792.41552.24211.09511.09371.10213.2666
O31.40102.41552.14092.60853.34162.81030.9873
H41.08882.24212.14093.09742.52302.74342.3040
H52.12481.09512.60853.09741.78011.76993.5293
H62.13001.09373.34162.52301.78011.77794.0763
H72.16351.10212.81032.74341.76991.77793.6893
H81.96663.26660.98732.30403.52934.07633.6893

picture of 1-hydroxy-ethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.761 C1 C2 H6 110.251
C1 C2 H7 112.449 C1 O3 H8 109.641
C2 C1 O3 113.431 C2 C1 H4 120.154
O3 C1 H4 118.062 H5 C2 H6 108.829
H5 C2 H7 107.317 H6 C2 H7 108.124
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.013      
2 C -0.692      
3 O -0.559      
4 H 0.184      
5 H 0.239      
6 H 0.220      
7 H 0.223      
8 H 0.371      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.625 1.348 0.234 1.504
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.561 -2.183 0.160
y -2.183 -19.130 0.571
z 0.160 0.571 -20.080
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.044 -2.183 0.160
y -2.183 -1.810 0.571
z 0.160 0.571 -3.235
Polar
3z2-r2-6.469
x2-y24.569
xy-2.183
xz0.160
yz0.571


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.432 -0.061 0.036
y -0.061 3.440 0.039
z 0.036 0.039 2.357


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 51.790
(<r2>)1/2 7.197