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

using model chemistry: LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.188124
Energy at 298.15K-115.192212
HF Energy-115.188124
Nuclear repulsion energy40.403100
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 LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3754 3719 37.54      
2 A' 3046 3017 14.07      
3 A' 2916 2889 62.71      
4 A' 1436 1422 7.29      
5 A' 1404 1391 1.10      
6 A' 1310 1298 21.54      
7 A' 1097 1086 52.88      
8 A' 1021 1012 76.46      
9 A" 2970 2942 41.34      
10 A" 1420 1407 4.52      
11 A" 1127 1116 0.01      
12 A" 290 287 108.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10895.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9906) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10792.6 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 LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.23598 0.83856 0.80900

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.654 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.749 0.000
H3 -1.096 0.975 0.000
H4 0.438 1.080 0.897
H5 0.438 1.080 -0.897
H6 0.870 -1.064 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40321.09801.10471.10471.9477
O21.40322.01872.09382.09380.9694
H31.09802.01871.78031.78032.8332
H41.10472.09381.78031.79442.3642
H51.10472.09381.78031.79442.3642
H61.94770.96942.83322.36422.3642

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 108.979 O2 C1 H3 106.992
O2 C1 H4 112.664 O2 C1 H5 112.664
H3 C1 H4 107.843 H3 C1 H5 107.843
H4 C1 H5 108.610
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.472      
2 O -0.384      
3 H 0.267      
4 H 0.221      
5 H 0.221      
6 H 0.147      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.357 0.832 0.000 1.592
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.002 -2.150 0.000
y -2.150 -13.660 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.080
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.868 -2.150 0.000
y -2.150 -0.619 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.249
Polar
3z2-r2-2.497
x2-y21.658
xy-2.150
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.237 -0.086 0.000
y -0.086 3.673 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.171


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.729
(<r2>)1/2 4.871