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

using model chemistry: ROHF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at ROHF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.433682
Energy at 298.15K-114.436351
HF Energy-114.433682
Nuclear repulsion energy35.632326
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/6-311G*
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 4181 3578 49.24      
2 A 3390 2901 41.16      
3 A 3248 2779 48.49      
4 A 1621 1387 19.82      
5 A 1491 1276 59.40      
6 A 1278 1093 133.03      
7 A 1167 998 44.61      
8 A 948 811 22.53      
9 A 434 371 154.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8878.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8556) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7596.5 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 ROHF/6-311G*
ABC
6.57379 1.00838 0.89242

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at ROHF/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.680 0.031 -0.091
O2 0.662 -0.120 0.037
H3 -1.214 -0.875 0.122
H4 -1.106 0.960 0.256
H5 1.107 0.690 -0.125

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35651.07341.07931.9050
O21.35652.02392.08360.9390
H31.07342.02391.84322.8105
H41.07932.08361.84322.2618
H51.90500.93902.81052.2618

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 110.856 O2 C1 H3 112.269
O2 C1 H4 117.151 H3 C1 H4 117.790
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.228      
2 O -0.599      
3 H 0.214      
4 H 0.187      
5 H 0.426      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.302 1.654 0.090 1.683
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.489 2.334 -0.962
y 2.334 -11.095 -0.097
z -0.962 -0.097 -13.899
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.009 2.334 -0.962
y 2.334 1.599 -0.097
z -0.962 -0.097 -2.607
Polar
3z2-r2-5.214
x2-y2-0.393
xy2.334
xz-0.962
yz-0.097


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> 20.241
(<r2>)1/2 4.499