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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.912780
Energy at 298.15K-114.915321
HF Energy-114.912780
Nuclear repulsion energy34.985762
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
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 3651 3591 24.95      
2 A 3203 3150 25.40      
3 A 3057 3006 27.13      
4 A 1461 1436 8.03      
5 A 1350 1328 28.92      
6 A 1194 1174 75.34      
7 A 1043 1025 47.31      
8 A 648 637 69.66      
9 A 453 446 90.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8029.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7897.0 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
6.21974 0.98419 0.86186

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.688 0.029 -0.079
O2 -0.675 -0.127 0.029
H3 1.229 -0.900 0.115
H4 1.134 0.987 0.215
H5 -1.089 0.751 -0.088

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.37631.09191.09721.9185
O21.37632.05652.13300.9777
H31.09192.05651.89202.8530
H41.09722.13301.89202.2566
H51.91850.97772.85302.2566

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 107.984 O2 C1 H3 112.347
O2 C1 H4 118.727 H3 C1 H4 119.593
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.196      
2 O -0.501      
3 H 0.158      
4 H 0.135      
5 H 0.404      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.149 1.498 0.246 1.525
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.450 -2.114 0.767
y -2.114 -10.853 -0.062
z 0.767 -0.062 -13.877
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.915 -2.114 0.767
y -2.114 1.810 -0.062
z 0.767 -0.062 -2.725
Polar
3z2-r2-5.450
x2-y2-0.597
xy-2.114
xz0.767
yz-0.062


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.796 -0.154 0.061
y -0.154 2.335 0.008
z 0.061 0.008 1.207


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.595
(<r2>)1/2 4.538