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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCHO (methyl formate)

using model chemistry: PM6

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
Energy calculated at PM6
 hartrees
Energy at 0K 
Energy at 298.15K-0.134345
Nuclear repulsion energy89.486543
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 PM6
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' 2757 2930 20.88      
2 A' 2690 2858 71.81      
3 A' 2668 2835 49.06      
4 A' 1783 1894 437.76      
5 A' 1333 1417 32.40      
6 A' 1249 1327 42.01      
7 A' 1228 1304 1.82      
8 A' 1180 1254 217.70      
9 A' 1087 1155 95.84      
10 A' 982 1044 33.20      
11 A' 678 720 14.52      
12 A' 254 270 12.41      
13 A" 2675 2842 65.89      
14 A" 1238 1316 33.65      
15 A" 1073 1140 3.85      
16 A" 939 997 0.32      
17 A" 308 327 59.34      
18 A" 17i 18i 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12053.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0624) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12805.1 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 PM6
ABC
0.66437 0.22328 0.17271

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PM6

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.386 0.429 0.000
O2 0.000 0.862 0.000
C3 -0.967 -0.108 0.000
O4 -0.711 -1.286 0.000
H5 1.935 1.378 0.000
H6 1.585 -0.160 0.900
H7 1.585 -0.160 -0.900
H8 -1.931 0.406 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.45232.41452.70971.09531.09441.09443.3180
O21.45231.36982.26272.00232.08992.08991.9846
C32.41451.36981.20603.26032.70732.70731.0922
O42.70972.26271.20603.75442.71122.71122.0862
H51.09532.00233.26033.75441.81591.81593.9865
H61.09442.08992.70732.71121.81591.80083.6739
H71.09442.08992.70732.71121.81591.80083.6739
H83.31801.98461.09222.08623.98653.67393.6739

picture of methyl formate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 C3 117.612 O2 C1 H5 102.717
O2 C1 H6 109.492 O2 C1 H7 109.492
O2 C3 O4 122.782 O2 C3 H8 106.889
O4 C3 H8 130.328 H5 C1 H6 112.052
H5 C1 H7 112.052 H6 C1 H7 110.717
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PM6 Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.181      
2 O -0.428      
3 C 0.493      
4 O -0.487      
5 H 0.158      
6 H 0.149      
7 H 0.149      
8 H 0.147      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.525 1.623 0.000 1.706
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.870 0.691 0.000
y 0.691 4.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.307


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000