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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.684084
Energy at 298.15K-115.688195
HF Energy-115.684084
Nuclear repulsion energy40.283323
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 M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3904 3904 42.65 67.60 0.18 0.31
2 A' 3168 3168 23.48 65.07 0.47 0.64
3 A' 3033 3033 57.04 171.83 0.03 0.05
4 A' 1479 1479 6.29 5.20 0.75 0.86
5 A' 1455 1455 3.18 1.08 0.19 0.32
6 A' 1363 1363 27.89 0.94 0.48 0.65
7 A' 1114 1114 55.91 7.41 0.26 0.41
8 A' 1060 1060 61.54 0.18 0.22 0.36
9 A" 3094 3094 48.42 63.13 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1475 1475 3.87 4.96 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1163 1163 0.39 0.88 0.75 0.86
12 A" 291 291 109.92 0.90 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11299.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11299.2 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 M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
4.24465 0.82854 0.79989

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.663 0.000
O2 -0.046 -0.755 0.000
H3 -1.095 0.976 0.000
H4 0.441 1.074 0.897
H5 0.441 1.074 -0.897
H6 0.864 -1.064 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.41751.09461.10021.10021.9522
O21.41752.02352.09392.09390.9613
H31.09462.02351.78141.78142.8283
H41.10022.09391.78141.79382.3567
H51.10022.09391.78141.79382.3567
H61.95220.96132.82832.35672.3567

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 108.787 O2 C1 H3 106.613
O2 C1 H4 111.929 O2 C1 H5 111.929
H3 C1 H4 108.511 H3 C1 H5 108.511
H4 C1 H5 109.209
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.085      
2 O -0.401      
3 H -0.306      
4 H -0.240      
5 H -0.240      
6 H 0.102      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.366 0.958 0.000 1.668
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.860 -2.118 0.000
y -2.118 -13.519 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.883
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.841 -2.118 0.000
y -2.118 -0.647 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.194
Polar
3z2-r2-2.387
x2-y21.659
xy-2.118
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.002 -0.093 0.000
y -0.093 3.384 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.901


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.730
(<r2>)1/2 4.871