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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.498580
Energy at 298.15K-228.503556
HF Energy-227.841694
Nuclear repulsion energy122.370279
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 MP2/6-311G*
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' 3240 3079 12.46      
2 A' 3114 2960 40.71      
3 A' 3108 2953 41.65      
4 A' 1809 1719 256.04      
5 A' 1543 1466 11.34      
6 A' 1509 1434 4.31      
7 A' 1420 1350 0.96      
8 A' 1263 1201 222.90      
9 A' 1212 1152 107.21      
10 A' 970 922 26.29      
11 A' 787 747 8.18      
12 A' 317 301 14.03      
13 A" 3201 3042 19.73      
14 A" 1531 1455 10.02      
15 A" 1209 1149 1.11      
16 A" 1046 994 0.00      
17 A" 349 331 27.80      
18 A" 167 159 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13897.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13206.8 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 MP2/6-311G*
ABC
0.66251 0.23227 0.17774

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.351 0.405 0.000
O2 0.000 0.878 0.000
C3 -0.922 -0.088 0.000
O4 -0.714 -1.275 0.000
H5 1.971 1.297 0.000
H6 1.547 -0.197 0.888
H7 1.547 -0.197 -0.888
H8 -1.919 0.376 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.43112.32622.66201.08671.09081.09083.2704
O21.43111.33562.26762.01522.08252.08251.9840
C32.32621.33561.20443.20812.62642.62641.0997
O42.66202.26761.20443.71832.65752.65752.0434
H51.08672.01523.20813.71831.78961.78963.9982
H61.09082.08252.62642.65751.78961.77613.6238
H71.09082.08252.62642.65751.78961.77613.6238
H83.27041.98401.09972.04343.99823.62383.6238

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 114.400 O2 C1 H5 105.519
O2 C1 H6 110.606 O2 C1 H7 110.606
O2 C3 O4 126.370 O2 C3 H8 108.727
O4 C3 H8 124.903 H5 C1 H6 110.543
H5 C1 H7 110.543 H6 C1 H7 108.999
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability