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III.G.7. (XIII.B.3.) (XIII.D.5.)

Compare vibrational frequencies for two calculations for H2OHCOOH (Water formic acid dimer 2)

A = HF/6-31G*

B = MP2FC/6-31G*

  symmetry   frequency (cm-1)   reduced mass (amu)   IR Intensity (km mol-1)
mode number A B   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio
1 A A   73 95 -21.2 0.776   1.935 1.825 0.111 1.061   15.96 14.46 1.50 1.104
2 A A   79 105 -26.1 0.752   5.503 6.565 -1.062 0.838   16.87 15.20 1.67 1.110
3 A A   140 165 -25.9 0.844   2.394 7.076 -4.682 0.338   37.57 0.97 36.60 38.733
4 A A   146 191 -45.2 0.763   1.567 1.124 0.443 1.394   85.72 116.32 -30.60 0.737
5 A A   255 269 -13.7 0.949   1.098 1.084 0.013 1.012   126.10 107.54 18.56 1.173
6 A A   467 539 -71.9 0.867   1.060 1.073 -0.013 0.988   315.87 358.44 -42.57 0.881
7 A A   628 602 26.7 1.044   3.429 3.292 0.137 1.042   61.10 29.99 31.12 2.038
8 A A   654 683 -28.9 0.958   1.246 1.291 -0.045 0.965   214.50 172.54 41.96 1.243
9 A A   1089 1035 53.8 1.052   1.577 1.489 0.088 1.059   1.10 3.58 -2.48 0.307
10 A A   1156 1107 49.2 1.044   2.720 2.718 0.002 1.001   289.95 241.12 48.83 1.203
11 A A   1301 1275 26.7 1.021   1.842 1.924 -0.081 0.958   25.72 14.74 10.98 1.745
12 A A   1395 1356 39.3 1.029   1.188 1.146 0.042 1.037   13.16 2.95 10.21 4.455
13 A A   1657 1656 0.4 1.000   1.079 1.081 -0.002 0.998   108.77 85.58 23.19 1.271
14 A A   1800 1708 91.7 1.054   7.876 7.824 0.052 1.007   484.77 298.40 186.37 1.625
15 A A   3017 3026 -9.1 0.997   1.098 1.096 0.002 1.002   21.22 10.90 10.32 1.947
16 A A   3629 3472 156.8 1.045   1.065 1.064 0.001 1.001   140.83 81.22 59.61 1.734
17 A A   3635 3518 117.1 1.033   1.048 1.048 -0.000 1.000   51.47 77.48 -26.01 0.664
18 A A   3744 3659 84.8 1.023   1.081 1.079 0.002 1.002   114.63 90.75 23.89 1.263
scaled by     0.8985 0.943

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.