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

using model chemistry: QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.712344
Energy at 298.15K-228.717296
HF Energy-227.880050
Nuclear repulsion energy122.626093
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 QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3188 3068 11.17      
2 A' 3103 2986 37.50      
3 A' 3078 2962 25.78      
4 A' 1809 1741 308.19      
5 A' 1522 1465 10.53      
6 A' 1490 1434 3.63      
7 A' 1414 1361 1.46      
8 A' 1262 1215 260.37      
9 A' 1209 1164 75.12      
10 A' 966 929 26.89      
11 A' 783 753 7.53      
12 A' 312 300 14.42      
13 A" 3158 3039 15.64      
14 A" 1513 1457 8.53      
15 A" 1195 1150 1.90      
16 A" 1064 1024 0.01      
17 A" 341 328 27.38      
18 A" 154 148 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13780.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9624) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13262.2 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 QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.66821 0.23245 0.17825

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.353 0.406 0.000
O2 0.000 0.871 0.000
C3 -0.925 -0.088 0.000
O4 -0.715 -1.269 0.000
H5 1.973 1.298 0.000
H6 1.549 -0.194 0.887
H7 1.549 -0.194 -0.887
H8 -1.921 0.368 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.43072.33132.66211.08561.08901.08903.2743
O21.43071.33212.25652.01882.07862.07861.9855
C32.33131.33211.20023.21232.63052.63051.0950
O42.66212.25651.20023.71712.65902.65902.0333
H51.08562.01883.21233.71711.78661.78664.0034
H61.08902.07862.63052.65901.78661.77433.6252
H71.08902.07862.63052.65901.78661.77433.6252
H83.27431.98551.09502.03334.00343.62523.6252

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 115.044 O2 C1 H5 105.883
O2 C1 H6 110.426 O2 C1 H7 110.426
O2 C3 O4 125.945 O2 C3 H8 109.396
O4 C3 H8 124.660 H5 C1 H6 110.486
H5 C1 H7 110.486 H6 C1 H7 109.108
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability