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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.969437
Energy at 298.15K-114.971879
HF Energy-114.969437
Nuclear repulsion energy35.102181
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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
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 3719 3693 43.11      
2 A 3199 3176 14.94      
3 A 3058 3037 19.94      
4 A 1432 1422 5.55      
5 A 1330 1321 25.59      
6 A 1179 1170 81.46      
7 A 1022 1015 45.95      
8 A 529 525 108.79      
9 A 417 414 34.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7941.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7886.6 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.33131 0.98948 0.86312

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.687 0.027 -0.063
O2 0.674 -0.127 0.021
H3 -1.237 -0.895 0.102
H4 -1.128 0.999 0.163
H5 1.090 0.747 -0.054

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37241.08671.09041.9169
O21.37242.06202.12930.9705
H31.08672.06201.89792.8526
H41.09042.12931.89792.2421
H51.91690.97052.85262.2421

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 108.592 O2 C1 H3 113.467
O2 C1 H4 119.233 H3 C1 H4 121.323
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.161      
2 O -0.216      
3 H 0.101      
4 H 0.068      
5 H 0.208      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.175 1.419 0.246 1.451
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.705 2.039 -0.575
y 2.039 -11.073 -0.025
z -0.575 -0.025 -14.344
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.003 2.039 -0.575
y 2.039 1.952 -0.025
z -0.575 -0.025 -2.955
Polar
3z2-r2-5.910
x2-y2-0.632
xy2.039
xz-0.575
yz-0.025


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.203 0.113 -0.034
y 0.113 2.703 0.001
z -0.034 0.001 2.025


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.744
(<r2>)1/2 4.555