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

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVQZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.139544
Energy at 298.15K-154.146314
HF Energy-154.139544
Nuclear repulsion energy84.884751
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 HF/aug-cc-pVQZ
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 3248 2951 33.64 102.25 0.26 0.42
2 A1 3129 2843 72.65 301.68 0.02 0.04
3 A1 1636 1486 1.93 2.46 0.70 0.82
4 A1 1622 1473 1.69 4.47 0.74 0.85
5 A1 1390 1263 12.01 0.92 0.38 0.55
6 A1 1032 937 39.72 10.18 0.29 0.44
7 A1 439 399 2.95 0.76 0.07 0.12
8 A2 3161 2872 0.00 12.14 0.75 0.86
9 A2 1609 1462 0.00 10.11 0.75 0.86
10 A2 1269 1152 0.00 1.47 0.75 0.86
11 A2 201 182 0.00 0.07 0.75 0.86
12 B1 3162 2873 153.89 87.64 0.75 0.86
13 B1 1621 1472 12.08 0.06 0.75 0.86
14 B1 1304 1185 11.98 0.12 0.75 0.86
15 B1 256 232 6.50 0.01 0.75 0.86
16 B2 3246 2949 51.48 64.77 0.75 0.86
17 B2 3115 2830 57.59 0.86 0.75 0.86
18 B2 1619 1471 10.57 1.12 0.75 0.86
19 B2 1587 1442 6.24 0.74 0.75 0.86
20 B2 1334 1212 157.91 1.28 0.75 0.86
21 B2 1220 1108 46.83 1.98 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18599.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16897.2 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 HF/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
1.38159 0.33748 0.30168

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.566
C2 0.000 1.166 -0.187
C3 0.000 -1.166 -0.187
H4 0.000 2.002 0.496
H5 0.000 -2.002 0.496
H6 0.882 1.230 -0.820
H7 -0.882 1.230 -0.820
H8 -0.882 -1.230 -0.820
H9 0.882 -1.230 -0.820

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
O11.38831.38832.00362.00362.05262.05262.05262.0526
C21.38832.33211.07973.24111.08751.08752.63072.6307
C31.38832.33213.24111.07972.63072.63071.08751.0875
H42.00361.07973.24114.00471.76211.76213.59983.5998
H52.00363.24111.07974.00473.59983.59981.76211.7621
H62.05261.08752.63071.76213.59981.76443.02772.4605
H72.05261.08752.63071.76213.59981.76442.46053.0277
H82.05262.63071.08753.59981.76213.02772.46051.7644
H92.05262.63071.08753.59981.76212.46053.02771.7644

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 107.897 O1 C2 H6 111.428
O1 C2 H7 111.428 O1 C3 H5 107.897
O1 C3 H8 111.428 O1 C3 H9 111.428
C2 O1 C3 114.259 H4 C2 H6 108.795
H4 C2 H7 108.795 H5 C3 H8 108.795
H5 C3 H9 108.795 H6 C2 H7 108.434
H8 C3 H9 108.434
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.686      
2 C -0.538      
3 C -0.538      
4 H 0.396      
5 H 0.396      
6 H 0.243      
7 H 0.243      
8 H 0.243      
9 H 0.243      


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 -1.353 1.353
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.012 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.399 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.243
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.691 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.229 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.538
Polar
3z2-r2-5.075
x2-y2-2.613
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.221 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.188 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.266


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 51.879
(<r2>)1/2 7.203