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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.028951
Energy at 298.15K-229.033647
Nuclear repulsion energy119.307767
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/SDD
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' 3217 3092 17.06      
2 A' 3134 3013 44.11      
3 A' 3075 2956 26.79      
4 A' 1675 1610 288.31      
5 A' 1509 1451 11.77      
6 A' 1471 1414 10.10      
7 A' 1387 1333 7.56      
8 A' 1201 1155 100.68      
9 A' 1153 1109 178.19      
10 A' 876 842 18.90      
11 A' 734 706 11.29      
12 A' 273 262 17.07      
13 A" 3174 3051 29.94      
14 A" 1501 1443 15.73      
15 A" 1154 1110 0.21      
16 A" 1005 966 1.25      
17 A" 339 326 42.67      
18 A" 88 85 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13482.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12960.8 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/SDD
ABC
0.65049 0.21446 0.16641

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/SDD

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.410 0.439 0.000
O2 0.000 0.881 0.000
C3 -0.962 -0.097 0.000
O4 -0.745 -1.315 0.000
H5 1.993 1.361 0.000
H6 1.616 -0.158 0.893
H7 1.616 -0.158 -0.893
H8 -1.952 0.375 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47742.43222.77861.09031.09461.09463.3621
O21.47741.37212.31892.04972.11902.11902.0161
C32.43221.37211.23743.29522.72972.72971.0962
O42.77862.31891.23743.82812.77682.77682.0771
H51.09032.04973.29523.82811.80221.80224.0657
H61.09462.11902.72972.77681.80221.78703.7165
H71.09462.11902.72972.77681.80221.78703.7165
H83.36212.01611.09622.07714.06573.71653.7165

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 117.153 O2 C1 H5 104.933
O2 C1 H6 110.061 O2 C1 H7 110.061
O2 C3 O4 125.327 O2 C3 H8 109.015
O4 C3 H8 125.659 H5 C1 H6 111.143
H5 C1 H7 111.143 H6 C1 H7 109.427
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.444      
2 O -0.273      
3 C 0.074      
4 O -0.262      
5 H 0.227      
6 H 0.232      
7 H 0.232      
8 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.182 1.660 0.000 2.038
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.234 -1.351 0.000
y -1.351 -29.740 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.021
Traceless
 xyz
x 8.147 -1.351 0.000
y -1.351 -9.113 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.966
Polar
3z2-r21.932
x2-y211.507
xy-1.351
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.588 0.473 0.000
y 0.473 4.449 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.651


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.605
(<r2>)1/2 8.637