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

using model chemistry: ROHF/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 ROHF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.415353
Energy at 298.15K-114.417991
HF Energy-114.415353
Nuclear repulsion energy35.584177
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 ROHF/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 4198 3587 67.59      
2 A 3396 2903 39.45      
3 A 3254 2781 41.99      
4 A 1621 1385 20.15      
5 A 1472 1258 53.71      
6 A 1287 1100 122.08      
7 A 1155 987 52.04      
8 A 929 794 21.85      
9 A 408 349 142.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8859.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8546) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7571.4 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 ROHF/6-31G**
ABC
6.56191 1.00619 0.88975

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.680 0.031 -0.089
O2 0.663 -0.121 0.037
H3 -1.219 -0.875 0.117
H4 -1.109 0.961 0.251
H5 1.104 0.696 -0.125

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35811.07411.07931.9043
O21.35812.02902.08790.9424
H31.07412.02901.84452.8145
H41.07932.08791.84452.2601
H51.90430.94242.81452.2601

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 110.442 O2 C1 H3 112.553
O2 C1 H4 117.419 H3 C1 H4 117.868
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.021      
2 O -0.588      
3 H 0.123      
4 H 0.096      
5 H 0.347      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.332 1.579 0.042 1.615
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.365 2.226 -0.850
y 2.226 -11.040 -0.121
z -0.850 -0.121 -13.643
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.976 2.226 -0.850
y 2.226 1.464 -0.121
z -0.850 -0.121 -2.440
Polar
3z2-r2-4.880
x2-y2-0.325
xy2.226
xz-0.850
yz-0.121


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.184
(<r2>)1/2 4.493