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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.072027
Energy at 298.15K-115.074521
HF Energy-115.072027
Nuclear repulsion energy35.186192
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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
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 3838 3695 58.82      
2 A 3287 3164 12.91      
3 A 3139 3022 22.81      
4 A 1488 1433 10.27      
5 A 1346 1295 26.05      
6 A 1205 1160 115.58      
7 A 1051 1012 52.29      
8 A 590 568 111.27      
9 A 427 411 70.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8184.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7879.5 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
6.41130 0.99091 0.86701

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.687 0.029 -0.066
O2 -0.671 -0.126 0.025
H3 1.234 -0.890 0.097
H4 1.121 0.994 0.180
H5 -1.110 0.729 -0.076

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37001.08211.08631.9284
O21.37002.05412.11890.9657
H31.08212.05411.88922.8539
H41.08632.11891.88922.2614
H51.92840.96572.85392.2614

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 110.101 O2 C1 H3 113.273
O2 C1 H4 118.778 H3 C1 H4 121.211
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.195      
2 O -0.424      
3 H 0.142      
4 H 0.125      
5 H 0.352      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.027 1.632 0.251 1.652
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.946 -2.326 0.768
y -2.326 -11.245 -0.026
z 0.768 -0.026 -14.819
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.086 -2.326 0.768
y -2.326 2.137 -0.026
z 0.768 -0.026 -3.223
Polar
3z2-r2-6.446
x2-y2-0.700
xy-2.326
xz0.768
yz-0.026


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.173 -0.044 -0.031
y -0.044 2.436 -0.010
z -0.031 -0.010 2.408


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.882
(<r2>)1/2 4.570