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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.573096
Energy at 298.15K-228.578080
HF Energy-227.841908
Nuclear repulsion energy122.466387
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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
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' 3242 3071 12.22      
2 A' 3117 2952 40.57      
3 A' 3110 2946 41.58      
4 A' 1812 1716 257.20      
5 A' 1544 1463 11.57      
6 A' 1511 1431 4.43      
7 A' 1422 1346 0.98      
8 A' 1267 1200 230.34      
9 A' 1215 1150 98.54      
10 A' 974 922 26.29      
11 A' 788 747 8.31      
12 A' 317 301 14.08      
13 A" 3203 3034 19.45      
14 A" 1533 1452 10.24      
15 A" 1211 1147 1.07      
16 A" 1048 992 0.00      
17 A" 349 331 27.75      
18 A" 170 161 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13915.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13179.6 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
0.66403 0.23254 0.17800

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.351 0.398 0.000
O2 0.000 0.882 0.000
C3 -0.927 -0.086 0.000
O4 -0.710 -1.272 0.000
H5 1.975 1.287 0.000
H6 1.539 -0.206 0.887
H7 1.539 -0.206 -0.887
H8 -1.923 0.373 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.43542.32862.65221.08601.08961.08963.2746
O21.43541.34002.26762.01612.08322.08321.9895
C32.32861.34001.20533.20992.62292.62291.0975
O42.65222.26761.20533.70852.64182.64182.0442
H51.08602.01613.20993.70851.79051.79054.0040
H61.08962.08322.62292.64181.79051.77503.6207
H71.08962.08322.62292.64181.79051.77503.6207
H83.27461.98951.09752.04424.00403.62073.6207

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 114.022 O2 C1 H5 105.343
O2 C1 H6 110.426 O2 C1 H7 110.426
O2 C3 O4 125.894 O2 C3 H8 109.003
O4 C3 H8 125.103 H5 C1 H6 110.771
H5 C1 H7 110.771 H6 C1 H7 109.071
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability