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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.637616
Energy at 298.15K-115.641732
HF Energy-115.637616
Nuclear repulsion energy40.434318
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3890 3740 35.68 73.69 0.18 0.31
2 A' 3131 3010 22.79 63.25 0.50 0.66
3 A' 3009 2893 62.15 175.87 0.02 0.05
4 A' 1504 1446 5.97 5.10 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1472 1415 2.58 1.18 0.19 0.31
6 A' 1371 1318 25.41 1.22 0.36 0.53
7 A' 1100 1058 29.36 6.73 0.25 0.40
8 A' 1061 1020 94.19 0.03 0.75 0.86
9 A" 3063 2945 50.86 65.87 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1492 1434 3.52 5.03 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1173 1127 0.35 0.82 0.75 0.86
12 A" 293 282 106.48 0.79 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11278.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10844.5 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.29153 0.83402 0.80514

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.659 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.089 0.976 0.000
H4 0.438 1.073 0.891
H5 0.438 1.073 -0.891
H6 0.861 -1.060 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41211.08951.09561.09561.9438
O21.41212.01882.08892.08890.9579
H31.08952.01881.77061.77062.8189
H41.09562.08891.77061.78272.3501
H51.09562.08891.77061.78272.3501
H61.94380.95792.81892.35012.3501

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 108.689 O2 C1 H3 106.902
O2 C1 H4 112.198 O2 C1 H5 112.198
H3 C1 H4 108.245 H3 C1 H5 108.245
H4 C1 H5 108.891
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.507      
2 O -0.400      
3 H 0.280      
4 H 0.241      
5 H 0.241      
6 H 0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.352 0.904 0.000 1.626
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.815 -2.101 0.000
y -2.101 -13.485 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.835
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.844 -2.101 0.000
y -2.101 -0.660 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.184
Polar
3z2-r2-2.369
x2-y21.670
xy-2.101
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.049 -0.087 0.000
y -0.087 3.455 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.964


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.598
(<r2>)1/2 4.858