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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.437487
Energy at 298.15K-114.440129
HF Energy-114.437487
Nuclear repulsion energy35.635827
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 HF/6-311G*
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 4182 3782 50.72      
2 A 3395 3071 36.92      
3 A 3257 2945 41.99      
4 A 1617 1462 20.46      
5 A 1488 1346 60.80      
6 A 1281 1158 131.51      
7 A 1159 1048 44.88      
8 A 847 766 30.54      
9 A 432 391 149.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8828.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7984.5 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
6.59259 1.00940 0.89073

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.680 0.030 -0.084
O2 0.662 -0.121 0.034
H3 -1.218 -0.877 0.114
H4 -1.107 0.967 0.235
H5 1.105 0.694 -0.114

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35591.07311.07841.9045
O21.35592.02842.08730.9390
H31.07312.02841.85142.8135
H41.07842.08731.85142.2563
H51.90450.93902.81352.2563

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 110.866 O2 C1 H3 112.729
O2 C1 H4 117.613 H3 C1 H4 118.753
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.234      
2 O -0.595      
3 H 0.214      
4 H 0.189      
5 H 0.426      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.291 1.672 0.095 1.699
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -0.312 1.637 0.014 1.667


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.460 2.328 -0.885
y 2.328 -11.043 -0.085
z -0.885 -0.085 -13.929
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.026 2.328 -0.885
y 2.328 1.652 -0.085
z -0.885 -0.085 -2.678
Polar
3z2-r2-5.356
x2-y2-0.417
xy2.328
xz-0.885
yz-0.085


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.409 0.135 -0.086
y 0.135 2.152 0.007
z -0.086 0.007 1.400


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.241
(<r2>)1/2 4.499