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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B3PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-374.287240
Energy at 298.15K-374.293843
HF Energy-374.287240
Nuclear repulsion energy238.382992
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 B3PW91/STO-3G
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 3286 2908 0.00      
2 Ag 2237 1980 0.00      
3 Ag 1836 1625 0.00      
4 Ag 1455 1288 0.00      
5 Ag 1372 1214 0.00      
6 Ag 1117 989 0.00      
7 Ag 720 637 0.00      
8 Ag 543 480 0.00      
9 Ag 252 223 0.00      
10 Au 1462 1294 185.34      
11 Au 961 851 7.22      
12 Au 246 218 4.72      
13 Au 94 83 0.00      
14 Bg 1459 1291 0.00      
15 Bg 985 872 0.00      
16 Bg 333 295 0.00      
17 Bu 3284 2906 0.49      
18 Bu 2831 2506 6169.53      
19 Bu 1817 1608 181.78      
20 Bu 1770 1567 93.75      
21 Bu 1446 1280 50.91      
22 Bu 1343 1188 75.07      
23 Bu 774 685 4.60      
24 Bu 653 578 0.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16138.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.885) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14282.8 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 B3PW91/STO-3G
ABC
0.18265 0.09170 0.06105

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.767 0.000 0.000
C2 1.767 -0.000 0.000
O3 -1.200 -1.184 0.000
O4 1.200 1.184 0.000
O5 -1.200 1.184 0.000
O6 1.200 -1.184 0.000
H7 -2.888 0.000 0.000
H8 2.888 -0.000 0.000
H9 -0.000 -1.131 0.000
H10 0.000 1.131 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.53311.31273.19411.31283.19411.12164.65472.09772.0977
C23.53313.19411.31273.19411.31284.65471.12162.09772.0977
O31.31273.19413.37162.36832.39992.06214.25611.20112.6078
O43.19411.31273.37162.39992.36834.25612.06212.60781.2011
O51.31283.19412.36832.39993.37182.06214.25622.60791.2011
O63.19411.31282.39992.36833.37184.25622.06211.20112.6079
H71.12164.65472.06214.25612.06214.25625.77633.10183.1018
H84.65471.12164.25612.06214.25622.06215.77633.10183.1018
H92.09772.09771.20112.60782.60791.20113.10183.10182.2626
H102.09772.09772.60781.20111.20112.60793.10183.10182.2626

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 113.051 C1 O5 H10 113.045
C2 O4 H10 113.051 C2 O6 H9 113.045
O3 C1 O5 128.857 O3 C1 H7 115.572
O3 H9 O6 174.954 O4 C2 O6 128.857
O4 C2 H8 115.572 O4 H10 O5 174.954
O5 C1 H7 115.571 O6 C2 H8 115.571
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.150      
2 C 0.150      
3 O -0.235      
4 O -0.235      
5 O -0.235      
6 O -0.235      
7 H 0.090      
8 H 0.090      
9 H 0.231      
10 H 0.231      


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 -27.769 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -37.167 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.840
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.734 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -8.362 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.629
Polar
3z2-r25.257
x2-y29.397
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.249 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.921 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.789


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 167.368
(<r2>)1/2 12.937