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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.040858
Energy at 298.15K-155.047552
HF Energy-155.040858
Nuclear repulsion energy84.321423
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 wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
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 3140 2999 22.03 98.94 0.31 0.47
2 A1 2991 2857 62.01 296.09 0.02 0.05
3 A1 1522 1454 3.17 7.71 0.74 0.85
4 A1 1499 1432 0.31 6.32 0.75 0.86
5 A1 1281 1223 6.66 1.34 0.63 0.77
6 A1 975 932 37.47 7.19 0.45 0.62
7 A1 425 406 2.40 0.53 0.06 0.11
8 A2 3039 2902 0.00 16.71 0.75 0.86
9 A2 1489 1422 0.00 19.53 0.75 0.86
10 A2 1174 1122 0.00 4.11 0.75 0.86
11 A2 208 199 0.00 0.31 0.75 0.86
12 B1 3032 2896 129.51 103.91 0.75 0.86
13 B1 1500 1432 15.24 0.07 0.75 0.86
14 B1 1207 1153 7.34 0.64 0.75 0.86
15 B1 255 243 5.53 0.02 0.75 0.86
16 B2 3138 2997 30.42 69.55 0.75 0.86
17 B2 2981 2848 54.01 1.27 0.75 0.86
18 B2 1503 1436 13.51 2.50 0.75 0.86
19 B2 1470 1404 2.07 2.39 0.75 0.86
20 B2 1234 1179 127.30 0.56 0.75 0.86
21 B2 1141 1090 22.38 2.67 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17601.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9552) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16812.5 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 wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
ABC
1.32515 0.33793 0.29983

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.585
C2 0.000 1.164 -0.193
C3 0.000 -1.164 -0.193
H4 0.000 2.015 0.485
H5 0.000 -2.015 0.485
H6 0.890 1.219 -0.834
H7 -0.890 1.219 -0.834
H8 -0.890 -1.219 -0.834
H9 0.890 -1.219 -0.834

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
O11.40021.40022.01772.01772.07162.07162.07162.0716
C21.40022.32791.08843.25071.09771.09772.62332.6233
C31.40022.32793.25071.08842.62332.62331.09771.0977
H42.01771.08843.25074.03041.77881.77883.60463.6046
H52.01773.25071.08844.03043.60463.60461.77881.7788
H62.07161.09772.62331.77883.60461.77933.01882.4386
H72.07161.09772.62331.77883.60461.77932.43863.0188
H82.07162.62331.09773.60461.77883.01882.43861.7793
H92.07162.62331.09773.60461.77882.43863.01881.7793

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 107.687 O1 C2 H6 111.489
O1 C2 H7 111.489 O1 C3 H5 107.687
O1 C3 H8 111.489 O1 C3 H9 111.489
C2 O1 C3 112.458 H4 C2 H6 108.916
H4 C2 H7 108.916 H5 C3 H8 108.916
H5 C3 H9 108.916 H6 C2 H7 108.285
H8 C3 H9 108.285
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.334      
2 C -0.087      
3 C -0.087      
4 H 0.105      
5 H 0.105      
6 H 0.074      
7 H 0.074      
8 H 0.074      
9 H 0.074      


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 -1.246 1.246
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.116 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.294 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.188
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.875 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.358 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.483
Polar
3z2-r2-4.966
x2-y2-2.822
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.380 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.299 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.338


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 52.131
(<r2>)1/2 7.220