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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.883889
Energy at 298.15K-114.886310
HF Energy-114.883889
Nuclear repulsion energy34.898238
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/6-31G
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 3735 3570 24.74      
2 A 3359 3211 17.73      
3 A 3190 3050 15.83      
4 A 1508 1441 4.33      
5 A 1363 1303 27.00      
6 A 1186 1134 90.53      
7 A 1053 1006 73.40      
8 A 538 514 188.58      
9 A 388 371 52.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8159.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9559) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7799.5 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
ABC
6.50351 0.96690 0.84820

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.697 0.030 -0.056
O2 -0.677 -0.124 0.024
H3 1.236 -0.896 0.068
H4 1.149 0.992 0.159
H5 -1.151 0.718 -0.087

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.38461.07861.08461.9720
O21.38462.06342.14390.9721
H31.07862.06341.89222.8855
H41.08462.14391.89222.3292
H51.97200.97212.88552.3292

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 112.421 O2 C1 H3 113.218
O2 C1 H4 120.026 H3 C1 H4 122.031
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.128      
2 O -0.583      
3 H 0.172      
4 H 0.146      
5 H 0.393      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.174 1.842 0.119 1.854
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.176 -2.475 0.695
y -2.475 -10.959 -0.036
z 0.695 -0.036 -13.976
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.291 -2.475 0.695
y -2.475 1.617 -0.036
z 0.695 -0.036 -2.908
Polar
3z2-r2-5.817
x2-y2-0.218
xy-2.475
xz0.695
yz-0.036


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.695 -0.155 0.034
y -0.155 2.112 -0.011
z 0.034 -0.011 0.956


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.760
(<r2>)1/2 4.556