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All results from a given calculation for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.743025
Energy at 298.15K-115.747155
HF Energy-115.743025
Nuclear repulsion energy40.044951
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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3782 3659 21.63 79.47 0.20 0.33
2 A' 3123 3021 29.94 66.80 0.51 0.67
3 A' 2993 2895 69.78 174.89 0.03 0.05
4 A' 1496 1447 4.02 5.78 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1458 1410 5.33 1.34 0.20 0.34
6 A' 1365 1320 22.99 1.34 0.47 0.64
7 A' 1068 1033 0.59 6.05 0.24 0.38
8 A' 1036 1002 114.75 1.93 0.26 0.41
9 A" 3049 2950 64.61 72.94 0.75 0.86
10 A" 1484 1435 1.97 5.58 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1157 1119 0.37 1.08 0.75 0.86
12 A" 314 304 102.96 1.11 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11161.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9673) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10796.7 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
4.20938 0.81740 0.78888

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.047 0.669 0.000
O2 -0.047 -0.761 0.000
H3 -1.099 0.976 0.000
H4 0.442 1.080 0.899
H5 0.442 1.080 -0.899
H6 0.871 -1.065 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.42961.09621.10281.10281.9617
O21.42962.03042.10592.10590.9670
H31.09622.03041.78731.78732.8366
H41.10282.10591.78731.79832.3648
H51.10282.10591.78731.79832.3648
H61.96170.96702.83662.36482.3648

picture of Methyl alcohol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.332 O2 C1 H3 106.256
O2 C1 H4 111.878 O2 C1 H5 111.878
H3 C1 H4 108.732 H3 C1 H5 108.732
H4 C1 H5 109.238
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.888      
2 O -0.442      
3 H -0.229      
4 H -0.164      
5 H -0.164      
6 H 0.111      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.326 0.955 0.000 1.634
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.102 -0.092 0.000
y -0.092 3.543 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.003


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.934
(<r2>)1/2 4.892