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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVQZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-115.121049
Energy at 298.15K-115.123502
HF Energy-115.121049
Nuclear repulsion energy35.347063
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 B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
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 3830 3711 58.92      
2 A 3269 3167 11.44      
3 A 3128 3031 18.55      
4 A 1484 1438 7.34      
5 A 1361 1318 31.10      
6 A 1203 1165 97.76      
7 A 1055 1022 47.64      
8 A 535 518 109.11      
9 A 414 401 38.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8139.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9688) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7885.4 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 B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
ABC
6.49291 0.99995 0.87328

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.684 0.028 -0.059
O2 -0.669 -0.126 0.020
H3 1.235 -0.885 0.095
H4 1.117 0.994 0.154
H5 -1.100 0.730 -0.054

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.36381.07701.08051.9170
O21.36382.05142.11220.9604
H31.07702.05141.88332.8428
H41.08052.11221.88332.2425
H51.91700.96042.84282.2425

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 109.924 O2 C1 H3 113.869
O2 C1 H4 119.124 H3 C1 H4 121.600
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.026      
2 O -0.336      
3 H 0.091      
4 H 0.034      
5 H 0.238      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.068 1.454 0.223 1.473
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.771 -2.108 0.574
y -2.108 -11.147 -0.021
z 0.574 -0.021 -14.406
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.006 -2.108 0.574
y -2.108 1.942 -0.021
z 0.574 -0.021 -2.948
Polar
3z2-r2-5.896
x2-y2-0.624
xy-2.108
xz0.574
yz-0.021


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.267 -0.086 0.011
y -0.086 2.750 -0.004
z 0.011 -0.004 2.319


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.634
(<r2>)1/2 4.542