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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.068342
Energy at 298.15K-229.073190
Nuclear repulsion energy121.971809
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/6-31G**
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 3055 14.63      
2 A' 3067 2947 9.99      
3 A' 3057 2937 74.23      
4 A' 1829 1757 263.74      
5 A' 1509 1450 9.48      
6 A' 1478 1420 3.26      
7 A' 1410 1355 1.88      
8 A' 1242 1193 236.44      
9 A' 1192 1145 70.66      
10 A' 946 909 21.46      
11 A' 779 749 8.53      
12 A' 299 288 14.54      
13 A" 3145 3022 20.31      
14 A" 1498 1439 6.93      
15 A" 1179 1133 1.03      
16 A" 1039 998 0.42      
17 A" 349 335 25.67      
18 A" 115 111 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13656.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13121.1 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.66795 0.22809 0.17567

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.364 0.412 0.000
O2 0.000 0.875 0.000
C3 -0.933 -0.091 0.000
O4 -0.720 -1.279 0.000
H5 1.980 1.310 0.000
H6 1.563 -0.192 0.889
H7 1.563 -0.192 -0.889
H8 -1.930 0.375 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.44032.35052.68341.08931.09261.09263.2939
O21.44031.34232.27082.02712.09092.09091.9936
C32.35051.34231.20683.23172.65142.65141.1007
O42.68342.27081.20683.74062.68102.68102.0487
H51.08932.02713.23173.74061.79391.79394.0201
H61.09262.09092.65142.68101.79391.77783.6489
H71.09262.09092.65142.68101.79391.77783.6489
H83.29391.99361.10072.04874.02013.64893.6489

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 115.242 O2 C1 H5 105.682
O2 C1 H6 110.526 O2 C1 H7 110.526
O2 C3 O4 125.871 O2 C3 H8 108.983
O4 C3 H8 125.146 H5 C1 H6 110.600
H5 C1 H7 110.600 H6 C1 H7 108.890
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.092      
2 O -0.418      
3 C 0.442      
4 O -0.427      
5 H 0.126      
6 H 0.135      
7 H 0.135      
8 H 0.100      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.979 1.546 0.000 1.830
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.076 -1.121 0.000
y -1.121 -27.808 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.668
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.162 -1.121 0.000
y -1.121 -6.936 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.774
Polar
3z2-r21.549
x2-y28.732
xy-1.121
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.815 0.344 0.000
y 0.344 4.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.826


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 71.319
(<r2>)1/2 8.445