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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.002002
Energy at 298.15K-155.008693
Nuclear repulsion energy84.165547
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3130 3013 31.67      
2 A1 2978 2867 70.45      
3 A1 1534 1477 2.57      
4 A1 1502 1446 0.25      
5 A1 1277 1230 5.16      
6 A1 969 933 39.99      
7 A1 414 399 2.17      
8 A2 3018 2906 0.00      
9 A2 1492 1437 0.00      
10 A2 1173 1129 0.00      
11 A2 220 212 0.00      
12 B1 3014 2901 176.02      
13 B1 1502 1446 16.24      
14 B1 1205 1160 6.62      
15 B1 251 242 6.78      
16 B2 3129 3012 37.49      
17 B2 2963 2853 63.32      
18 B2 1511 1455 18.25      
19 B2 1472 1417 2.64      
20 B2 1221 1176 112.10      
21 B2 1139 1096 31.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17557.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16902.7 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
1.31330 0.33762 0.29914

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.588
C2 0.000 1.164 -0.194
C3 0.000 -1.164 -0.194
H4 0.000 2.016 0.487
H5 0.000 -2.016 0.487
H6 0.892 1.223 -0.837
H7 -0.892 1.223 -0.837
H8 -0.892 -1.223 -0.837
H9 0.892 -1.223 -0.837

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
O11.40261.40262.01822.01822.07942.07942.07942.0794
C21.40262.32751.09103.25161.10101.10102.62792.6279
C31.40262.32753.25161.09102.62792.62791.10101.1010
H42.01821.09103.25164.03121.78261.78263.61093.6109
H52.01823.25161.09104.03123.61093.61091.78261.7826
H62.07941.10102.62791.78263.61091.78383.02752.4462
H72.07941.10102.62791.78263.61091.78382.44623.0275
H82.07942.62791.10103.61091.78263.02752.44621.7838
H92.07942.62791.10103.61091.78262.44623.02751.7838

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 107.407 O1 C2 H6 111.752
O1 C2 H7 111.752 O1 C3 H5 107.407
O1 C3 H8 111.752 O1 C3 H9 111.752
C2 O1 C3 112.144 H4 C2 H6 108.825
H4 C2 H7 108.825 H5 C3 H8 108.825
H5 C3 H9 108.825 H6 C2 H7 108.209
H8 C3 H9 108.209
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.324      
2 C -0.451      
3 C -0.451      
4 H 0.223      
5 H 0.223      
6 H 0.195      
7 H 0.195      
8 H 0.195      
9 H 0.195      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.295 1.295
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.166 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.128 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.100
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.052 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.504 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.453
Polar
3z2-r2-4.905
x2-y2-3.037
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 52.203
(<r2>)1/2 7.225