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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCH3 (Dimethyl ether)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.953433
Energy at 298.15K-154.960038
HF Energy-154.953433
Nuclear repulsion energy82.546915
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 wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3199 3199 38.28 78.80 0.34 0.51
2 A1 3021 3021 77.33 262.33 0.03 0.05
3 A1 1545 1545 4.70 21.94 0.75 0.86
4 A1 1513 1513 0.06 10.57 0.73 0.84
5 A1 1264 1264 0.03 7.50 0.58 0.74
6 A1 907 907 30.00 16.38 0.31 0.47
7 A1 402 402 4.91 0.28 0.12 0.21
8 A2 3094 3094 0.00 15.12 0.75 0.86
9 A2 1519 1519 0.00 36.52 0.75 0.86
10 A2 1156 1156 0.00 14.19 0.75 0.86
11 A2 203 203 0.00 0.34 0.75 0.86
12 B1 3090 3090 183.33 88.01 0.75 0.86
13 B1 1530 1530 26.37 0.64 0.75 0.86
14 B1 1186 1186 2.32 3.97 0.75 0.86
15 B1 237 237 10.06 0.01 0.75 0.86
16 B2 3195 3195 36.30 69.30 0.75 0.86
17 B2 3013 3013 70.84 0.53 0.75 0.86
18 B2 1528 1528 19.07 3.33 0.75 0.86
19 B2 1488 1488 0.09 7.08 0.75 0.86
20 B2 1199 1199 77.19 0.05 0.75 0.86
21 B2 1116 1116 31.84 9.53 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17702.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17702.2 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 wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
ABC
1.29337 0.31905 0.28373

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.593
C2 0.000 1.204 -0.200
C3 0.000 -1.204 -0.200
H4 0.000 2.039 0.502
H5 0.000 -2.039 0.502
H6 0.895 1.264 -0.838
H7 -0.895 1.264 -0.838
H8 -0.895 -1.264 -0.838
H9 0.895 -1.264 -0.838

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
O11.44161.44162.04082.04082.10872.10872.10872.1087
C21.44162.40791.09053.31781.10081.10082.70172.7017
C31.44162.40793.31781.09052.70172.70171.10081.1008
H42.04081.09053.31784.07751.78771.78773.67483.6748
H52.04083.31781.09054.07753.67483.67481.78771.7877
H62.10871.10082.70171.78773.67481.78993.09772.5282
H72.10871.10082.70171.78773.67481.78992.52823.0977
H82.10872.70171.10083.67481.78773.09772.52821.7899
H92.10872.70171.10083.67481.78772.52823.09771.7899

picture of Dimethyl ether state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H4 106.584 O1 C2 H6 111.372
O1 C2 H7 111.372 O1 C3 H5 106.584
O1 C3 H8 111.372 O1 C3 H9 111.372
C2 O1 C3 113.263 H4 C2 H6 109.337
H4 C2 H7 109.337 H5 C3 H8 109.337
H5 C3 H9 109.337 H6 C2 H7 108.791
H8 C3 H9 108.791
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.340      
2 C -0.437      
3 C -0.437      
4 H 0.227      
5 H 0.227      
6 H 0.190      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.190      
9 H 0.190      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.962 1.962
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.757 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.063 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.225
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.113 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.428 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.315
Polar
3z2-r2-6.629
x2-y2-3.694
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.346 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.218 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.378


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 53.784
(<r2>)1/2 7.334