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

using model chemistry: SVWN/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at SVWN/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.123398
Energy at 298.15K-115.127569
HF Energy-115.123398
Nuclear repulsion energy40.373024
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' 3692 3622 16.43 84.97 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3065 3007 23.23 73.90 0.52 0.69
3 A' 2914 2858 67.95 130.04 0.06 0.11
4 A' 1480 1452 5.21 22.75 0.72 0.83
5 A' 1450 1422 3.58 13.12 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1348 1322 25.71 3.58 0.75 0.85
7 A' 1129 1108 55.19 4.47 0.51 0.67
8 A' 1048 1028 77.36 2.27 0.51 0.68
9 A" 2959 2902 74.25 77.39 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1456 1429 3.25 25.54 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1147 1125 0.00 8.10 0.75 0.86
12 A" 357 351 138.96 4.39 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11021.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10812.3 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 SVWN/6-31G*
ABC
4.19957 0.84088 0.81020

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.649 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.750 0.000
H3 -1.101 0.970 0.000
H4 0.435 1.093 0.899
H5 0.435 1.093 -0.899
H6 0.883 -1.046 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.39871.10281.11191.11191.9331
O21.39872.01792.10602.10600.9757
H31.10282.01791.78381.78382.8292
H41.11192.10601.78381.79712.3630
H51.11192.10601.78381.79712.3630
H61.93310.97572.82922.36302.3630

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 107.669 O2 C1 H3 106.957
O2 C1 H4 113.547 O2 C1 H5 113.547
H3 C1 H4 107.305 H3 C1 H5 107.305
H4 C1 H5 107.830
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 -0.331      
2 O -0.573      
3 H 0.191      
4 H 0.154      
5 H 0.154      
6 H 0.405      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.462 0.766 0.000 1.650
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.568 -2.188 0.000
y -2.188 -13.035 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.682
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.790 -2.188 0.000
y -2.188 -0.409 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.381
Polar
3z2-r2-2.762
x2-y21.466
xy-2.188
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.468 -0.150 0.000
y -0.150 2.593 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.170


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.436
(<r2>)1/2 4.841