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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.985137
Energy at 298.15K-114.987556
HF Energy-114.985137
Nuclear repulsion energy34.900169
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
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 3740 3541 24.39      
2 A 3365 3185 18.35      
3 A 3196 3025 16.34      
4 A 1511 1431 4.47      
5 A 1364 1291 27.59      
6 A 1182 1119 89.09      
7 A 1054 998 74.50      
8 A 536 507 188.16      
9 A 387 366 52.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8167.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9466) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7731.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
ABC
6.51799 0.96616 0.84787

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.697 0.030 -0.056
O2 0.677 -0.124 0.025
H3 -1.236 -0.895 0.066
H4 -1.148 0.991 0.159
H5 1.152 0.716 -0.089

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.38531.07721.08321.9727
O21.38532.06312.14290.9713
H31.07722.06311.89062.8847
H41.08322.14291.89062.3295
H51.97270.97132.88472.3295

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 112.476 O2 C1 H3 113.225
O2 C1 H4 119.978 H3 C1 H4 122.118
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.124      
2 O -0.585      
3 H 0.172      
4 H 0.145      
5 H 0.392      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.196 1.842 0.107 1.855
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.144 2.472 -0.698
y 2.472 -10.932 -0.038
z -0.698 -0.038 -13.932
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.288 2.472 -0.698
y 2.472 1.606 -0.038
z -0.698 -0.038 -2.894
Polar
3z2-r2-5.788
x2-y2-0.212
xy2.472
xz-0.698
yz-0.038


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.686 0.153 -0.033
y 0.153 2.100 -0.011
z -0.033 -0.011 0.953


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.740
(<r2>)1/2 4.554