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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.598576
Energy at 298.15K-115.602747
HF Energy-115.598576
Nuclear repulsion energy40.433839
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3894 3716 20.23 75.61 0.29 0.44
2 A' 3148 3004 31.75 69.91 0.55 0.71
3 A' 3009 2871 62.84 126.12 0.05 0.10
4 A' 1526 1457 4.09 19.68 0.73 0.84
5 A' 1498 1430 5.88 9.28 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1390 1327 29.09 3.27 0.75 0.86
7 A' 1124 1072 37.06 6.49 0.45 0.62
8 A' 1076 1027 89.66 1.04 0.67 0.80
9 A" 3063 2923 78.29 68.53 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1508 1439 2.05 21.55 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1184 1130 0.40 7.07 0.75 0.86
12 A" 340 324 130.23 3.71 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11379.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10859.4 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
4.27457 0.83633 0.80663

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.655 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.753 0.000
H3 -1.091 0.975 0.000
H4 0.436 1.084 0.891
H5 0.436 1.084 -0.891
H6 0.869 -1.046 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.40781.09281.10031.10031.9315
O21.40782.01932.09762.09760.9612
H31.09282.01931.77141.77142.8155
H41.10032.09761.77141.78232.3489
H51.10032.09761.77141.78232.3489
H61.93150.96122.81552.34892.3489

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 107.749 O2 C1 H3 107.037
O2 C1 H4 112.941 O2 C1 H5 112.941
H3 C1 H4 107.747 H3 C1 H5 107.747
H4 C1 H5 108.181
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.140      
2 O -0.543      
3 H 0.143      
4 H 0.110      
5 H 0.110      
6 H 0.320      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.433 0.873 0.000 1.678
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.516 -2.121 0.000
y -2.121 -12.937 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.529
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.717 -2.121 0.000
y -2.121 -0.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.303
Polar
3z2-r2-2.605
x2-y21.421
xy-2.121
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.421 -0.150 0.000
y -0.150 2.537 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.129


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.354
(<r2>)1/2 4.833