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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.053673
Energy at 298.15K-115.056204
HF Energy-115.053673
Nuclear repulsion energy35.407044
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 wB97X-D/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 3928 3757 58.89      
2 A 3280 3137 18.65      
3 A 3134 2998 22.84      
4 A 1503 1438 8.99      
5 A 1380 1320 31.25      
6 A 1242 1188 102.10      
7 A 1080 1033 47.63      
8 A 602 576 100.49      
9 A 443 423 65.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8295.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7934.8 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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
ABC
6.43239 1.00571 0.87895

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.680 0.029 -0.074
O2 0.667 -0.124 0.031
H3 -1.227 -0.891 0.091
H4 -1.125 0.982 0.209
H5 1.090 0.723 -0.110

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35981.08291.08861.9018
O21.35982.04512.11290.9571
H31.08292.04511.87862.8315
H41.08862.11291.87862.2529
H51.90180.95712.83152.2529

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 109.098 O2 C1 H3 113.206
O2 C1 H4 118.886 H3 C1 H4 119.785
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.178      
2 O -0.310      
3 H 0.125      
4 H 0.105      
5 H 0.258      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.022 1.552 0.233 1.570
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.453 2.152 -0.686
y 2.152 -10.862 -0.034
z -0.686 -0.034 -14.020
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.988 2.152 -0.686
y 2.152 1.874 -0.034
z -0.686 -0.034 -2.862
Polar
3z2-r2-5.725
x2-y2-0.591
xy2.152
xz-0.686
yz-0.034


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.785 0.123 -0.042
y 0.123 2.337 0.005
z -0.042 0.005 1.599


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.364
(<r2>)1/2 4.513