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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.842855
Energy at 298.15K-378.848701
HF Energy-377.657975
Counterpoise corrected energy-378.842855
CP Energy at 298.15K-378.848701
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy235.047194
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 MP2=FULL/6-311G**
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 3337 3165 0.00      
2 Ag 3144 2982 0.00      
3 Ag 1760 1670 0.00      
4 Ag 1503 1426 0.00      
5 Ag 1427 1353 0.00      
6 Ag 1269 1204 0.00      
7 Ag 688 653 0.00      
8 Ag 196 186 0.00      
9 Ag 165 156 0.00      
10 Au 1122 1064 61.30      
11 Au 989 938 186.99      
12 Au 179 169 6.80      
13 Au 70 66 1.82      
14 Bg 1099 1043 0.00      
15 Bg 963 913 0.00      
16 Bg 266 253 0.00      
17 Bu 3431 3255 1924.96      
18 Bu 3140 2978 224.45      
19 Bu 1818 1725 708.31      
20 Bu 1477 1401 0.39      
21 Bu 1423 1350 31.45      
22 Bu 1274 1208 359.55      
23 Bu 712 675 50.19      
24 Bu 257 243 55.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15853.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15038.4 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G**
ABC
0.20220 0.07515 0.05479

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.624 -1.006 0.000
C2 -1.624 1.006 0.000
O3 1.624 0.213 0.000
O4 -1.624 -0.213 0.000
O5 0.568 -1.791 0.000
O6 -0.568 1.791 0.000
H7 2.550 -1.591 0.000
H8 -2.550 1.591 0.000
H9 0.244 1.228 0.000
H10 -0.244 -1.228 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.82081.21893.34341.31523.55371.09544.91612.62541.8814
C23.82083.34341.21893.55371.31524.91611.09541.88142.6254
O31.21893.34343.27552.26452.70112.02754.39581.71262.3590
O43.34341.21893.27552.70112.26454.39582.02752.35901.7126
O51.31523.55372.26452.70113.75741.99214.60003.03560.9887
O63.55371.31522.70112.26453.75744.60001.99210.98873.0356
H71.09544.91612.02754.39581.99214.60006.01153.64152.8182
H84.91611.09544.39582.02754.60001.99216.01152.81823.6415
H92.62541.88141.71262.35903.03560.98873.64152.81822.5034
H101.88142.62542.35901.71260.98873.03562.81823.64152.5034

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 126.343 C1 O5 H10 108.665
C2 O4 H10 126.343 C2 O6 H9 108.665
O3 C1 O5 126.616 O3 C1 H7 122.251
O3 H9 O6 178.376 O4 C2 O6 126.616
O4 C2 H8 122.251 O4 H10 O5 178.376
O5 C1 H7 111.133 O6 C2 H8 111.133
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability