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All results from a given calculation for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.552760
Energy at 298.15K-115.556926
HF Energy-115.552760
Nuclear repulsion energy39.849383
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3706 3545 6.57 93.52 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3190 3051 25.82 72.87 0.55 0.71
3 A' 3033 2901 52.01 131.96 0.06 0.11
4 A' 1553 1486 5.52 23.48 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1516 1450 2.04 9.92 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1379 1319 19.71 6.17 0.72 0.84
7 A' 1089 1042 9.46 7.22 0.52 0.68
8 A' 1024 980 111.27 3.21 0.33 0.50
9 A" 3097 2963 77.46 69.39 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1543 1476 5.55 25.16 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1168 1118 0.00 11.17 0.75 0.86
12 A" 346 331 179.38 6.24 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11321.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10830.3 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G
ABC
4.26935 0.80327 0.77609

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.676 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.765 0.000
H3 -1.094 0.976 0.000
H4 0.436 1.096 0.893
H5 0.436 1.096 -0.893
H6 0.867 -1.104 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.44121.08991.09811.09812.0000
O21.44122.03202.12012.12010.9735
H31.08992.03201.77521.77522.8580
H41.09812.12011.77521.78572.4130
H51.09812.12011.77521.78572.4130
H62.00000.97352.85802.41302.4130

picture of Methyl alcohol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 110.338 O2 C1 H3 105.964
O2 C1 H4 112.506 O2 C1 H5 112.506
H3 C1 H4 108.449 H3 C1 H5 108.449
H4 C1 H5 108.793
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.239      
2 O -0.628      
3 H 0.191      
4 H 0.152      
5 H 0.152      
6 H 0.372      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.704 1.202 0.000 2.086
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.644 -2.500 0.000
y -2.500 -12.981 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.617
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.654 -2.500 0.000
y -2.500 -0.350 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.304
Polar
3z2-r2-2.608
x2-y21.337
xy-2.500
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.314 -0.181 0.000
y -0.181 2.501 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.902


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.914
(<r2>)1/2 4.890