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

using model chemistry: SVWN/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A'
Energy calculated at SVWN/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.442623
Energy at 298.15K-114.445376
HF Energy-114.442623
Nuclear repulsion energy34.729222
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 SVWN/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 2876 2822 43.90      
2 A 2834 2780 35.64      
3 A 2740 2688 2.62      
4 A 1495 1467 4.93      
5 A 1292 1268 33.98      
6 A 1276 1252 11.79      
7 A 1195 1172 11.09      
8 A 930 912 2.88      
9 A 571 560 150.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7604.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7460.1 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 SVWN/6-31G*
ABC
5.18930 0.96569 0.95502

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.550 0.000 -0.023
O2 0.778 0.000 -0.008
H3 -0.862 -0.003 1.065
H4 -1.031 0.925 -0.431
H5 -1.031 -0.923 -0.435

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.32801.13131.11971.1197
O21.32801.95982.07512.0750
H31.13131.95981.76851.7681
H41.11972.07511.76851.8484
H51.11972.07501.76811.8484

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 105.386 O2 C1 H4 115.680
O2 C1 H5 115.664 H3 C1 H4 103.555
H3 C1 H5 103.518 H4 C1 H5 111.259
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.310      
2 O -0.276      
3 H 0.232      
4 H 0.177      
5 H 0.177      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.152 -0.002 0.383 2.186
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.131 0.002 -0.391
y 0.002 -12.606 -0.002
z -0.391 -0.002 -11.523
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.067 0.002 -0.391
y 0.002 -0.279 -0.002
z -0.391 -0.002 1.345
Polar
3z2-r22.691
x2-y2-0.525
xy0.002
xz-0.391
yz-0.002


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.857 0.000 -0.008
y 0.000 2.619 0.002
z -0.008 0.002 2.082


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.503
(<r2>)1/2 4.528