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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.642765
Energy at 298.15K-379.648650
HF Energy-379.642765
Nuclear repulsion energy234.077018
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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
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 2973 2964 0.00      
2 Ag 2839 2830 0.00      
3 Ag 1617 1612 0.00      
4 Ag 1444 1439 0.00      
5 Ag 1360 1356 0.00      
6 Ag 1199 1195 0.00      
7 Ag 665 663 0.00      
8 Ag 209 208 0.00      
9 Ag 177 176 0.00      
10 Au 1068 1065 97.12      
11 Au 968 965 85.22      
12 Au 186 185 7.61      
13 Au 74 74 1.88      
14 Bg 1034 1031 0.00      
15 Bg 961 958 0.00      
16 Bg 268 267 0.00      
17 Bu 3000 2991 745.22      
18 Bu 2938 2929 2085.72      
19 Bu 1693 1688 676.67      
20 Bu 1417 1413 0.25      
21 Bu 1359 1355 35.69      
22 Bu 1204 1200 292.86      
23 Bu 704 701 29.56      
24 Bu 284 283 74.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14818.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.997) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14774.4 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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.19660 0.07623 0.05493

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.657 -0.943 0.000
C2 -1.657 0.943 0.000
O3 1.657 0.288 0.000
O4 -1.657 -0.288 0.000
O5 0.597 -1.737 0.000
O6 -0.597 1.737 0.000
H7 2.595 -1.522 0.000
H8 -2.595 1.522 0.000
H9 0.259 1.186 0.000
H10 -0.259 -1.186 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.81371.23163.37851.32423.50211.10204.91522.54771.9316
C23.81373.37851.23163.50211.32424.91521.10201.93162.5477
O31.23163.37853.36422.28592.67952.03914.42741.66182.4181
O43.37851.23163.36422.67952.28594.42742.03912.41811.6618
O51.32423.50212.28592.67953.67322.00914.56192.94281.0178
O63.50211.32422.67952.28593.67324.56192.00911.01782.9428
H71.10204.91522.03914.42742.00914.56196.01693.57692.8735
H84.91521.10204.42742.03914.56192.00916.01692.87353.5769
H92.54771.93161.66182.41812.94281.01783.57692.87352.4288
H101.93162.54772.41811.66181.01782.94282.87353.57692.4288

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 122.715 C1 O5 H10 110.448
C2 O4 H10 122.715 C2 O6 H9 110.448
O3 C1 O5 126.817 O3 C1 H7 121.706
O3 H9 O6 179.979 O4 C2 O6 126.817
O4 C2 H8 121.706 O4 H10 O5 179.979
O5 C1 H7 111.477 O6 C2 H8 111.477
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.230      
2 C 0.230      
3 O -0.326      
4 O -0.326      
5 O -0.238      
6 O -0.238      
7 H 0.088      
8 H 0.088      
9 H 0.247      
10 H 0.247      


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 -31.322 -6.274 0.000
y -6.274 -37.528 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.954
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.419 -6.274 0.000
y -6.274 -4.889 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.470
Polar
3z2-r20.940
x2-y26.206
xy-6.274
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.507 -0.802 0.000
y -0.802 7.475 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.647


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.328
(<r2>)1/2 13.614