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All results from a given calculation for CH2OH (Hydroxymethyl radical)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.960316
Energy at 298.15K-114.962885
HF Energy-114.960316
Nuclear repulsion energy35.406272
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/6-311G*
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 3856 3700 33.44      
2 A 3276 3143 24.00      
3 A 3128 3002 29.83      
4 A 1502 1442 9.38      
5 A 1389 1333 37.52      
6 A 1239 1189 102.97      
7 A 1082 1038 49.08      
8 A 652 626 82.43      
9 A 459 441 100.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8291.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7956.7 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/6-311G*
ABC
6.42052 1.00565 0.88076

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.681 0.029 -0.074
O2 -0.666 -0.124 0.028
H3 1.223 -0.889 0.108
H4 1.119 0.985 0.202
H5 -1.097 0.726 -0.085

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35911.08181.08711.9090
O21.35912.03952.10880.9595
H31.08182.03951.87882.8330
H41.08712.10881.87882.2495
H51.90900.95952.83302.2495

picture of Hydroxymethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 109.632 O2 C1 H3 112.846
O2 C1 H4 118.683 H3 C1 H4 120.047
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.340      
2 O -0.485      
3 H 0.221      
4 H 0.198      
5 H 0.406      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.051 1.628 0.229 1.645
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.477 -2.270 0.787
y -2.270 -10.927 -0.041
z 0.787 -0.041 -14.185
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.079 -2.270 0.787
y -2.270 1.904 -0.041
z 0.787 -0.041 -2.983
Polar
3z2-r2-5.967
x2-y2-0.550
xy-2.270
xz0.787
yz-0.041


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.741 -0.123 0.050
y -0.123 2.284 0.003
z 0.050 0.003 1.522


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.411
(<r2>)1/2 4.518