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

using model chemistry: QCISD/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.695185
Energy at 298.15K-228.700135
HF Energy-227.876711
Nuclear repulsion energy122.739184
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-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' 3192 3050 12.93      
2 A' 3103 2965 44.32      
3 A' 3082 2944 27.11      
4 A' 1828 1746 278.71      
5 A' 1523 1455 10.10      
6 A' 1490 1424 3.55      
7 A' 1422 1359 1.42      
8 A' 1266 1209 267.37      
9 A' 1213 1159 64.22      
10 A' 974 930 24.73      
11 A' 787 752 8.08      
12 A' 313 299 14.18      
13 A" 3161 3020 18.21      
14 A" 1509 1442 7.98      
15 A" 1199 1146 1.88      
16 A" 1071 1023 0.05      
17 A" 341 325 26.72      
18 A" 149 142 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13810.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13196.0 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-pVTZ
ABC
0.66899 0.23302 0.17862

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.350 0.404 0.000
O2 0.000 0.872 0.000
C3 -0.923 -0.088 0.000
O4 -0.714 -1.268 0.000
H5 1.973 1.293 0.000
H6 1.547 -0.196 0.886
H7 1.547 -0.196 -0.886
H8 -1.918 0.369 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.42912.32622.65711.08481.08831.08833.2686
O21.42911.33172.25652.01722.07862.07861.9829
C32.32621.33171.19923.20822.62682.62681.0946
O42.65712.25651.19923.71212.65472.65472.0323
H51.08482.01723.20823.71211.78421.78423.9991
H61.08832.07862.62682.65471.78421.77153.6212
H71.08832.07862.62682.65471.78421.77153.6212
H83.26861.98291.09462.03233.99913.62123.6212

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 114.786 O2 C1 H5 105.910
O2 C1 H6 110.591 O2 C1 H7 110.591
O2 C3 O4 126.066 O2 C3 H8 109.241
O4 C3 H8 124.693 H5 C1 H6 110.383
H5 C1 H7 110.383 H6 C1 H7 108.964
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability