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All results from a given calculation for CH3O (Methoxy radical)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.409945
Energy at 298.15K-114.412719
Nuclear repulsion energy34.082524
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 LSDA/6-31G
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 2937 2878 31.10      
2 A 2893 2834 31.17      
3 A 2795 2739 1.45      
4 A 1500 1470 3.85      
5 A 1337 1310 38.95      
6 A 1303 1277 20.46      
7 A 1099 1077 7.62      
8 A 947 928 3.94      
9 A 601 589 194.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7706.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9797) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7549.8 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 LSDA/6-31G
ABC
5.19364 0.91808 0.91040

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.573 0.000 -0.019
O2 0.799 0.000 -0.007
H3 -0.888 -0.003 1.063
H4 -1.034 0.920 -0.445
H5 -1.034 -0.917 -0.449

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37151.12651.11361.1136
O21.37151.99732.09702.0969
H31.12651.99731.77361.7732
H41.11362.09701.77361.8369
H51.11362.09691.77321.8369

picture of Methoxy radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 C1 H3 105.753 O2 C1 H4 114.699
O2 C1 H5 114.680 H3 C1 H4 104.700
H3 C1 H5 104.663 H4 C1 H5 111.128
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.303      
2 O -0.296      
3 H 0.233      
4 H 0.183      
5 H 0.184      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.432 -0.002 0.366 2.460
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.453 0.002 -0.380
y 0.002 -12.678 -0.002
z -0.380 -0.002 -11.543
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.342 0.002 -0.380
y 0.002 -0.180 -0.002
z -0.380 -0.002 1.522
Polar
3z2-r23.044
x2-y2-0.775
xy0.002
xz-0.380
yz-0.002


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.833 0.000 0.002
y 0.000 2.498 0.003
z 0.002 0.003 1.980


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000