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All results from a given calculation for CH3O (Methoxy radical)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.376176
Energy at 298.15K-114.379024
Nuclear repulsion energy33.252836
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/3-21G
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 2907 2891 62.53      
2 A 2881 2865 44.02      
3 A 2826 2811 1.22      
4 A 1545 1537 6.54      
5 A 1407 1399 15.68      
6 A 1390 1382 13.83      
7 A 985 980 1.42      
8 A 896 891 5.01      
9 A 802 797 78.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7819.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7776.7 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/3-21G
ABC
5.20098 0.85831 0.85391

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.602 0.000 -0.013
O2 0.827 -0.000 -0.009
H3 -0.898 -0.000 1.066
H4 -1.056 0.911 -0.458
H5 -1.056 -0.910 -0.458

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.42931.11841.11061.1106
O21.42932.03232.13962.1397
H31.11842.03231.78211.7821
H41.11062.13961.78211.8211
H51.11062.13971.78211.8211

picture of Methoxy radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 C1 H3 105.166 O2 C1 H4 114.208
O2 C1 H5 114.209 H3 C1 H4 106.167
H3 C1 H5 106.165 H4 C1 H5 110.140
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.315      
2 O -0.265      
3 H 0.221      
4 H 0.180      
5 H 0.180      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.919 0.000 0.275 1.939
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.026 0.000 -0.276
y 0.000 -12.565 -0.000
z -0.276 -0.000 -11.495
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.996 0.000 -0.276
y 0.000 -0.304 -0.000
z -0.276 -0.000 1.300
Polar
3z2-r22.601
x2-y2-0.461
xy0.000
xz-0.276
yz-0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.622
(<r2>)1/2 4.650