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All results from a given calculation for C2H4O4 (Formic acid dimer)

using model chemistry: HF/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at HF/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.696252
Energy at 298.15K-377.702029
HF Energy-377.696252
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy235.203947
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/TZVP
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3786 3440 0.00      
2 Ag 3268 2969 0.00      
3 Ag 1914 1739 0.00      
4 Ag 1564 1421 0.00      
5 Ag 1517 1378 0.00      
6 Ag 1339 1217 0.00      
7 Ag 738 670 0.00      
8 Ag 180 163 0.00      
9 Ag 164 149 0.00      
10 Au 1207 1097 0.01      
11 Au 956 869 350.74      
12 Au 165 150 12.55      
13 Au 78 71 4.16      
14 Bg 1204 1094 0.00      
15 Bg 908 825 0.00      
16 Bg 234 212 0.00      
17 Bu 3832 3481 1401.29      
18 Bu 3265 2967 139.16      
19 Bu 1965 1785 1118.49      
20 Bu 1559 1417 28.21      
21 Bu 1493 1357 64.35      
22 Bu 1343 1220 503.39      
23 Bu 751 682 87.39      
24 Bu 218 198 43.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16824.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9086) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15286.3 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/TZVP
ABC
0.21259 0.07075 0.05309

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/TZVP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.619 -1.092 0.000
C2 -1.619 1.092 0.000
O3 1.619 0.098 0.000
O4 -1.619 -0.098 0.000
O5 0.565 -1.850 0.000
O6 -0.565 1.850 0.000
H7 2.533 -1.674 0.000
H8 -2.533 1.674 0.000
H9 0.241 1.326 0.000
H10 -0.241 -1.326 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.90511.19003.38671.29773.66361.08384.98862.78291.8748
C23.90513.38671.19003.66361.29774.98861.08381.87482.7829
O31.19003.38673.24372.21452.79971.99414.44081.84552.3429
O43.38671.19003.24372.79972.21454.44081.99412.34291.8455
O51.29773.66362.21452.79973.86811.97544.69203.19230.9615
O63.66361.29772.79972.21453.86814.69201.97540.96153.1923
H71.08384.98861.99414.44081.97544.69206.07223.77532.7959
H84.98861.08384.44081.99414.69201.97546.07222.79593.7753
H92.78291.87481.84552.34293.19230.96153.77532.79592.6960
H101.87482.78292.34291.84550.96153.19232.79593.77532.6960

picture of Formic acid dimer state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O3 H9 131.710 C1 O5 H10 111.294
C2 O4 H10 131.710 C2 O6 H9 111.294
O3 C1 O5 125.734 O3 C1 H7 122.489
O3 H9 O6 171.262 O4 C2 O6 125.734
O4 C2 H8 122.489 O4 H10 O5 171.262
O5 C1 H7 111.777 O6 C2 H8 111.777
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.441      
2 C 0.441      
3 O -0.514      
4 O -0.514      
5 O -0.357      
6 O -0.357      
7 H 0.087      
8 H 0.087      
9 H 0.344      
10 H 0.344      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.173 -8.133 0.000
y -8.133 -37.068 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.483
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.102 -8.133 0.000
y -8.133 -5.240 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.138
Polar
3z2-r20.275
x2-y26.895
xy-8.133
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.402 -0.341 0.000
y -0.341 6.331 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.102


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 190.727
(<r2>)1/2 13.810