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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-45.660172
Energy at 298.15K-45.665023
Nuclear repulsion energy67.810488
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 B3LYP/CEP-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' 3179 3070 28.89      
2 A' 3074 2968 18.31      
3 A' 3068 2963 83.06      
4 A' 1797 1735 333.18      
5 A' 1489 1438 10.86      
6 A' 1466 1416 4.22      
7 A' 1390 1342 1.73      
8 A' 1228 1186 230.81      
9 A' 1176 1136 90.53      
10 A' 929 897 26.99      
11 A' 763 736 7.44      
12 A' 297 287 14.73      
13 A" 3153 3045 34.45      
14 A" 1484 1433 8.51      
15 A" 1167 1127 0.57      
16 A" 1021 986 0.30      
17 A" 337 326 32.06      
18 A" 145 140 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13580.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13114.8 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.65382 0.22429 0.17256

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.363 0.368 0.000
O2 0.000 0.879 0.000
C3 -0.966 -0.069 0.000
O4 -0.786 -1.276 0.000
H5 2.008 1.257 0.000
H6 1.541 -0.244 0.898
H7 1.541 -0.244 -0.898
H8 -1.959 0.423 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.45582.37042.70631.09841.10141.10143.3231
O21.45581.35362.29382.04322.10752.10752.0115
C32.37041.35361.22043.25672.66902.66901.1085
O42.70632.29381.22043.77182.69962.69962.0652
H51.09842.04323.25673.77181.81101.81104.0538
H61.10142.10752.66902.69961.81101.79693.6747
H71.10142.10752.66902.69961.81101.79693.6747
H83.32312.01151.10852.06524.05383.67473.6747

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 115.021 O2 C1 H5 105.390
O2 C1 H6 110.228 O2 C1 H7 110.228
O2 C3 O4 125.958 O2 C3 H8 109.164
O4 C3 H8 124.878 H5 C1 H6 110.819
H5 C1 H7 110.819 H6 C1 H7 109.309
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.417      
2 O -0.081      
3 C -0.190      
4 O -0.137      
5 H 0.220      
6 H 0.198      
7 H 0.198      
8 H 0.210      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.096 1.638 0.000 1.971
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.795 -1.658 0.000
y -1.658 -28.243 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.795
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.724 -1.658 0.000
y -1.658 -7.447 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.724
Polar
3z2-r21.447
x2-y29.447
xy-1.658
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.669 0.399 0.000
y 0.399 4.314 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.939


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.496
(<r2>)1/2 7.778