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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.683708
Energy at 298.15K-115.687829
HF Energy-115.683708
Nuclear repulsion energy39.923810
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(2df,p)
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' 3675 3655 8.58 74.48 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3025 3008 32.02 67.83 0.50 0.67
3 A' 2895 2879 65.13 117.98 0.06 0.11
4 A' 1475 1467 3.35 16.92 0.73 0.84
5 A' 1447 1439 5.74 6.85 0.63 0.77
6 A' 1358 1351 23.25 3.17 0.72 0.83
7 A' 1059 1053 3.18 5.78 0.41 0.58
8 A' 1004 998 100.66 1.50 0.41 0.58
9 A" 2931 2915 79.39 68.02 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1454 1446 0.87 17.70 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1138 1132 0.56 6.56 0.75 0.86
12 A" 321 320 98.52 3.56 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10891.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10831.2 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(2df,p)
ABC
4.19322 0.81296 0.78383

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.666 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.765 0.000
H3 -1.102 0.981 0.000
H4 0.439 1.098 0.898
H5 0.439 1.098 -0.898
H6 0.882 -1.051 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.43131.10061.10831.10831.9523
O21.43132.04002.12422.12420.9720
H31.10062.04001.78671.78672.8397
H41.10832.12421.78671.79572.3705
H51.10832.12421.78671.79572.3705
H61.95230.97202.83972.37052.3705

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 107.096 O2 C1 H3 106.626
O2 C1 H4 112.918 O2 C1 H5 112.918
H3 C1 H4 107.968 H3 C1 H5 107.968
H4 C1 H5 108.218
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.211      
2 O -0.355      
3 H 0.118      
4 H 0.090      
5 H 0.090      
6 H 0.267      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.261 0.737 0.000 1.461
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.627 -1.906 0.000
y -1.906 -13.123 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.547
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.708 -1.906 0.000
y -1.906 -0.537 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.172
Polar
3z2-r2-2.344
x2-y21.497
xy-1.906
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.616 -0.163 0.000
y -0.163 2.826 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.351


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.816
(<r2>)1/2 4.880