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

using model chemistry: HF/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-227.888888
Energy at 298.15K-227.893937
HF Energy-227.888888
Nuclear repulsion energy124.071128
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/Def2TZVPP
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' 3300 2991 22.83      
2 A' 3232 2930 52.79      
3 A' 3204 2904 36.89      
4 A' 1971 1786 413.88      
5 A' 1623 1471 11.51      
6 A' 1606 1456 4.33      
7 A' 1535 1392 4.39      
8 A' 1376 1247 376.82      
9 A' 1310 1187 88.25      
10 A' 1027 930 32.88      
11 A' 848 769 10.57      
12 A' 324 293 17.13      
13 A" 3278 2971 27.73      
14 A" 1613 1462 8.07      
15 A" 1289 1169 3.15      
16 A" 1189 1077 2.07      
17 A" 342 310 34.19      
18 A" 159 144 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14612.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9064) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13244.8 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 HF/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.70873 0.23168 0.18045

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.354 0.421 0.000
O2 0.000 0.841 0.000
C3 -0.921 -0.094 0.000
O4 -0.721 -1.254 0.000
H5 1.945 1.322 0.000
H6 1.566 -0.167 0.880
H7 1.566 -0.167 -0.880
H8 -1.910 0.352 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.41802.33252.66711.07711.07931.07933.2646
O21.41801.31212.21612.00322.06002.06001.9712
C32.33251.31211.17763.19592.63912.63911.0846
O42.66712.21611.17763.70712.68132.68131.9980
H51.07712.00323.19593.70711.77011.77013.9744
H61.07932.06002.63912.68131.77011.76043.6228
H71.07932.06002.63912.68131.77011.76043.6228
H83.26461.97121.08461.99803.97443.62283.6228

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 117.320 O2 C1 H5 105.998
O2 C1 H6 110.420 O2 C1 H7 110.420
O2 C3 O4 125.679 O2 C3 H8 110.306
O4 C3 H8 124.015 H5 C1 H6 110.343
H5 C1 H7 110.343 H6 C1 H7 109.285
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.018      
2 O -0.365      
3 C 0.462      
4 O -0.437      
5 H 0.089      
6 H 0.083      
7 H 0.083      
8 H 0.068      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.876 1.893 0.000 2.086
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.016 -1.427 0.000
y -1.427 -28.743 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.831
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.771 -1.427 0.000
y -1.427 -7.819 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.048
Polar
3z2-r22.096
x2-y29.727
xy-1.427
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.789 0.240 0.000
y 0.240 4.578 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.359


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 70.135
(<r2>)1/2 8.375