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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.964827
Energy at 298.15K-114.967268
HF Energy-114.964827
Nuclear repulsion energy34.902494
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 B1B95/6-31G
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 3714 3542 23.72      
2 A 3349 3194 19.82      
3 A 3178 3031 16.41      
4 A 1503 1434 4.51      
5 A 1353 1291 26.33      
6 A 1181 1127 87.67      
7 A 1048 999 74.70      
8 A 546 521 190.79      
9 A 404 385 48.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8138.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9537) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7761.3 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 B1B95/6-31G
ABC
6.50105 0.96722 0.84868

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.697 0.030 -0.058
O2 -0.676 -0.124 0.024
H3 1.235 -0.895 0.074
H4 1.146 0.991 0.162
H5 -1.152 0.717 -0.084

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.38461.07781.08381.9734
O21.38462.06152.14130.9727
H31.07782.06151.89062.8850
H41.08382.14131.89062.3277
H51.97340.97272.88502.3277

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 112.503 O2 C1 H3 113.101
O2 C1 H4 119.833 H3 C1 H4 122.004
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.118      
2 O -0.568      
3 H 0.162      
4 H 0.136      
5 H 0.388      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.110 1.831 0.147 1.840
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.157 -2.466 0.701
y -2.466 -10.956 -0.032
z 0.701 -0.032 -13.924
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.283 -2.466 0.701
y -2.466 1.584 -0.032
z 0.701 -0.032 -2.867
Polar
3z2-r2-5.734
x2-y2-0.201
xy-2.466
xz0.701
yz-0.032


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.727 -0.160 0.034
y -0.160 2.122 -0.011
z 0.034 -0.011 0.958


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.736
(<r2>)1/2 4.554