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All results from a given calculation for CH2OH (Hydroxymethyl radical)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.981946
Energy at 298.15K-114.984363
HF Energy-114.981946
Nuclear repulsion energy34.369708
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 BLYP/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 3493 3466 7.66      
2 A 3242 3218 24.08      
3 A 3076 3052 19.39      
4 A 1458 1447 4.38      
5 A 1323 1313 26.92      
6 A 1096 1087 48.53      
7 A 1013 1005 77.53      
8 A 537 533 165.87      
9 A 405 402 44.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7821.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7761.8 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 BLYP/6-31G
ABC
6.29411 0.93690 0.82272

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.710 0.030 -0.062
O2 -0.690 -0.126 0.025
H3 1.242 -0.907 0.080
H4 1.165 0.995 0.175
H5 -1.148 0.744 -0.087

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.41071.08691.09321.9905
O21.41072.08442.17210.9895
H31.08692.08441.90622.9097
H41.09322.17211.90622.3413
H51.99050.98952.90972.3413

picture of Hydroxymethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 110.831 O2 C1 H3 112.495
O2 C1 H4 119.802 H3 C1 H4 121.949
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.088      
2 O -0.508      
3 H 0.130      
4 H 0.106      
5 H 0.359      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.044 1.736 0.174 1.745
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.388 -2.371 0.700
y -2.371 -11.055 -0.036
z 0.700 -0.036 -13.958
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.118 -2.371 0.700
y -2.371 1.618 -0.036
z 0.700 -0.036 -2.736
Polar
3z2-r2-5.473
x2-y2-0.333
xy-2.371
xz0.700
yz-0.036


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.893 -0.185 0.040
y -0.185 2.250 -0.015
z 0.040 -0.015 0.976


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.195
(<r2>)1/2 4.604