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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.621638
Energy at 298.15K-115.625803
HF Energy-115.621638
Nuclear repulsion energy39.902956
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 B1B95/6-31G
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' 3716 3544 6.82 93.81 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3197 3049 26.02 72.54 0.55 0.71
3 A' 3040 2899 51.23 129.77 0.06 0.11
4 A' 1555 1483 5.40 23.31 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1518 1448 2.22 9.86 0.66 0.79
6 A' 1376 1312 19.14 6.34 0.72 0.84
7 A' 1088 1038 8.23 7.42 0.52 0.68
8 A' 1025 978 112.89 3.25 0.32 0.49
9 A" 3104 2961 77.13 68.22 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1545 1473 5.34 25.01 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1169 1115 0.00 11.19 0.75 0.86
12 A" 346 330 180.25 6.21 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11339.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9537) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10814.3 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 B1B95/6-31G
ABC
4.28771 0.80492 0.77778

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.676 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.764 0.000
H3 -1.092 0.975 0.000
H4 0.435 1.094 0.891
H5 0.435 1.094 -0.891
H6 0.864 -1.105 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.43991.08761.09571.09572.0000
O21.43992.02912.11652.11650.9721
H31.08762.02911.77171.77172.8551
H41.09572.11651.77171.78212.4116
H51.09572.11651.77171.78212.4116
H62.00000.97212.85512.41162.4116

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 110.525 O2 C1 H3 105.956
O2 C1 H4 112.461 O2 C1 H5 112.461
H3 C1 H4 108.482 H3 C1 H5 108.482
H4 C1 H5 108.827
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.215      
2 O -0.629      
3 H 0.184      
4 H 0.145      
5 H 0.145      
6 H 0.369      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.707 1.208 0.000 2.091
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.614 -2.500 0.000
y -2.500 -12.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.571
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.641 -2.500 0.000
y -2.500 -0.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.294
Polar
3z2-r2-2.587
x2-y21.326
xy-2.500
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.301 -0.184 0.000
y -0.184 2.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.890


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.850
(<r2>)1/2 4.884