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

using model chemistry: QCISD/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.594937
Energy at 298.15K-154.601649
HF Energy-154.074710
Nuclear repulsion energy83.682040
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/cc-pVDZ
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 3157 3029 28.68      
2 A1 3007 2885 56.43      
3 A1 1524 1462 0.21      
4 A1 1495 1434 0.31      
5 A1 1282 1230 9.44      
6 A1 981 941 32.69      
7 A1 426 408 2.18      
8 A2 3057 2933 0.00      
9 A2 1482 1422 0.00      
10 A2 1169 1121 0.00      
11 A2 211 202 0.00      
12 B1 3053 2929 154.14      
13 B1 1490 1430 8.91      
14 B1 1204 1155 10.73      
15 B1 263 252 5.93      
16 B2 3155 3027 35.51      
17 B2 2993 2872 54.15      
18 B2 1501 1440 13.93      
19 B2 1463 1404 13.46      
20 B2 1231 1181 126.13      
21 B2 1137 1091 14.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17639.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16923.6 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.27611 0.33715 0.29737

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.601
C2 0.000 1.163 -0.198
C3 0.000 -1.163 -0.198
H4 0.000 2.031 0.481
H5 0.000 -2.031 0.481
H6 0.900 1.215 -0.849
H7 -0.900 1.215 -0.849
H8 -0.900 -1.215 -0.849
H9 0.900 -1.215 -0.849

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
O11.41061.41062.03472.03472.09472.09472.09472.0947
C21.41062.32561.10233.26541.11171.11172.62472.6247
C31.41062.32563.26541.10232.62472.62471.11171.1117
H42.03471.10233.26544.06241.80101.80103.62203.6220
H52.03473.26541.10234.06243.62203.62201.80101.8010
H62.09471.11172.62471.80103.62201.79923.02442.4309
H72.09471.11172.62471.80103.62201.79922.43093.0244
H82.09472.62471.11173.62201.80103.02442.43091.7992
H92.09472.62471.11173.62201.80102.43093.02441.7992

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 107.502 O1 C2 H6 111.751
O1 C2 H7 111.751 O1 C3 H5 107.502
O1 C3 H8 111.751 O1 C3 H9 111.751
C2 O1 C3 111.040 H4 C2 H6 108.865
H4 C2 H7 108.865 H5 C3 H8 108.865
H5 C3 H9 108.865 H6 C2 H7 108.040
H8 C3 H9 108.040
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability