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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCH2 (methoxymethyl radical)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.491244
Energy at 298.15K-153.495897
HF Energy-153.491244
Nuclear repulsion energy76.589121
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 LSDA/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 3274 3208 9.46      
2 A 3126 3062 8.91      
3 A 3098 3035 11.45      
4 A 3022 2960 45.58      
5 A 2949 2889 50.21      
6 A 1475 1446 19.22      
7 A 1458 1429 17.29      
8 A 1456 1426 6.44      
9 A 1417 1389 0.96      
10 A 1278 1252 92.68      
11 A 1199 1175 3.82      
12 A 1125 1103 0.14      
13 A 1095 1073 4.69      
14 A 943 923 24.37      
15 A 412 404 7.53      
16 A 398 390 87.83      
17 A 266 261 4.16      
18 A 150 147 6.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14070.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9797) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13784.4 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 LSDA/6-31G
ABC
1.55894 0.34881 0.30236

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.091 -0.546 -0.030
C2 -1.150 0.169 0.011
C3 1.217 0.226 0.044
H4 -1.951 -0.572 -0.115
H5 -1.270 0.691 0.980
H6 -1.201 0.916 -0.807
H7 2.148 -0.335 0.004
H8 1.148 1.300 -0.157

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.43261.36772.04342.09762.09972.06812.1316
C21.43262.36771.09821.10671.10863.33582.5669
C31.36772.36773.27052.69722.65441.08751.0949
H42.04341.09823.27051.80441.80374.10703.6207
H52.09761.10672.69721.80441.80213.69902.7408
H62.09971.10862.65441.80371.80213.66522.4673
H72.06813.33581.08754.10703.69903.66521.9231
H82.13162.56691.09493.62072.74082.46731.9231

picture of methoxymethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H4 106.941 O1 C2 H5 110.741
O1 C2 H6 110.793 O1 C3 H7 114.292
O1 C3 H8 119.488 C2 O1 C3 115.440
H4 C2 H5 109.837 H4 C2 H6 109.636
H5 C2 H6 108.874 H7 C3 H8 123.565
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.399      
2 C -0.292      
3 C -0.168      
4 H 0.201      
5 H 0.182      
6 H 0.173      
7 H 0.164      
8 H 0.138      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.038 1.279 -0.217 1.662
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.241 -0.169 -0.357
y -0.169 -19.753 -0.270
z -0.357 -0.270 -20.483
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.877 -0.169 -0.357
y -0.169 -1.391 -0.270
z -0.357 -0.270 -2.486
Polar
3z2-r2-4.972
x2-y23.512
xy-0.169
xz-0.357
yz-0.270


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.067 0.124 0.011
y 0.124 3.525 -0.082
z 0.011 -0.082 2.682


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 49.412
(<r2>)1/2 7.029