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

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.213208
Energy at 298.15K-153.219960
HF Energy-153.213208
Nuclear repulsion energy83.148603
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 HF/3-21G*
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 3293 2972 35.31 91.91 0.34 0.51
2 A1 3174 2865 42.68 187.86 0.05 0.10
3 A1 1702 1536 0.32 33.06 0.75 0.86
4 A1 1652 1491 0.21 9.87 0.72 0.84
5 A1 1358 1226 1.01 5.32 0.49 0.66
6 A1 963 870 26.46 20.94 0.33 0.50
7 A1 419 378 5.82 0.41 0.01 0.02
8 A2 3207 2895 0.00 10.93 0.75 0.86
9 A2 1670 1508 0.00 50.78 0.75 0.86
10 A2 1256 1133 0.00 10.24 0.75 0.86
11 A2 231 209 0.00 0.08 0.75 0.86
12 B1 3210 2897 149.81 91.51 0.75 0.86
13 B1 1680 1516 12.52 1.34 0.75 0.86
14 B1 1285 1160 6.06 4.16 0.75 0.86
15 B1 246 222 11.55 0.05 0.75 0.86
16 B2 3289 2969 33.90 79.34 0.75 0.86
17 B2 3163 2855 37.24 0.41 0.75 0.86
18 B2 1687 1523 12.22 4.32 0.75 0.86
19 B2 1607 1451 14.00 7.95 0.75 0.86
20 B2 1283 1158 87.38 0.00 0.75 0.86
21 B2 1186 1070 46.12 7.96 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18780.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16951.1 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
1.33117 0.32111 0.28623

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.584
C2 0.000 1.201 -0.197
C3 0.000 -1.201 -0.197
H4 0.000 2.026 0.499
H5 0.000 -2.026 0.499
H6 0.882 1.265 -0.828
H7 -0.882 1.265 -0.828
H8 -0.882 -1.265 -0.828
H9 0.882 -1.265 -0.828

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
O11.43251.43252.02822.02822.09082.09082.09082.0908
C21.43252.40251.07923.30181.08621.08622.69452.6945
C31.43252.40253.30181.07922.69452.69451.08621.0862
H42.02821.07923.30184.05291.76541.76543.65713.6571
H52.02823.30181.07924.05293.65713.65711.76541.7654
H62.09081.08622.69451.76543.65711.76323.08452.5309
H72.09081.08622.69451.76543.65711.76322.53093.0845
H82.09082.69451.08623.65711.76543.08452.53091.7632
H92.09082.69451.08623.65711.76542.53093.08451.7632

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 106.863 O1 C2 H6 111.480
O1 C2 H7 111.480 O1 C3 H5 106.863
O1 C3 H8 111.480 O1 C3 H9 111.480
C2 O1 C3 113.980 H4 C2 H6 109.231
H4 C2 H7 109.231 H5 C3 H8 109.231
H5 C3 H9 109.231 H6 C2 H7 108.510
H8 C3 H9 108.510
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.643      
2 C -0.250      
3 C -0.250      
4 H 0.217      
5 H 0.217      
6 H 0.177      
7 H 0.177      
8 H 0.177      
9 H 0.177      


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 -1.846 1.846
CHELPG 0.000 0.000 -1.873 1.873
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.239 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.338
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.467 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.582 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.115
Polar
3z2-r2-6.230
x2-y2-4.033
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.169 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.114 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.132


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 53.504
(<r2>)1/2 7.315