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

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.981598
Energy at 298.15K-113.984146
HF Energy-113.772553
Nuclear repulsion energy34.401801
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 CCD/3-21G*
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 3544 3390 5.02      
2 A 3259 3117 24.68      
3 A 3115 2979 18.17      
4 A 1540 1473 7.01      
5 A 1405 1344 36.92      
6 A 1133 1083 37.19      
7 A 1066 1020 92.42      
8 A 697 667 56.69      
9 A 426 407 132.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8092.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7740.6 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
6.31077 0.93599 0.82611

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.708 0.031 -0.075
O2 -0.691 -0.125 0.033
H3 1.241 -0.900 0.086
H4 1.171 0.973 0.218
H5 -1.132 0.747 -0.119

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.41131.08421.09011.9752
O21.41132.08202.16930.9891
H31.08422.08201.87872.8959
H41.09012.16931.87872.3385
H51.97520.98912.89592.3385

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 109.479 O2 C1 H3 112.423
O2 C1 H4 119.722 H3 C1 H4 119.544
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability