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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-372.491028
Energy at 298.15K-372.497629
HF Energy-372.491028
Nuclear repulsion energy238.170403
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 LSDA/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 3242 2903 0.00      
2 Ag 2386 2137 0.00      
3 Ag 1774 1589 0.00      
4 Ag 1486 1331 0.00      
5 Ag 1348 1207 0.00      
6 Ag 1315 1178 0.00      
7 Ag 706 633 0.00      
8 Ag 534 478 0.00      
9 Ag 255 229 0.00      
10 Au 1438 1288 169.14      
11 Au 935 837 1.74      
12 Au 249 223 3.17      
13 Au 95 85 0.00      
14 Bg 1438 1288 0.00      
15 Bg 957 857 0.00      
16 Bg 344 308 0.00      
17 Bu 3240 2902 2.41      
18 Bu 2955 2646 5218.57      
19 Bu 1794 1607 107.20      
20 Bu 1708 1529 109.59      
21 Bu 1420 1272 40.61      
22 Bu 1324 1186 62.72      
23 Bu 760 681 4.83      
24 Bu 642 575 0.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16172.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8955) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14482.8 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 LSDA/STO-3G
ABC
0.18181 0.09170 0.06096

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.896 -0.273 0.000
C2 -1.896 0.273 0.000
O3 1.325 0.828 0.000
O4 -1.325 -0.828 0.000
O5 1.325 -1.490 0.000
O6 -1.325 1.490 0.000
H7 3.004 -0.381 0.000
H8 -3.004 0.381 0.000
H9 -0.319 1.378 0.000
H10 0.319 -1.378 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.83061.23973.26861.34433.67231.11344.94322.76221.9257
C23.83063.26861.23973.67231.34434.94321.11341.92572.7622
O31.23973.26863.12542.31802.73262.06864.35231.73382.4247
O43.26861.23973.12542.73262.31804.35232.06862.42471.7338
O51.34433.67232.31802.73263.98902.01174.71673.30621.0131
O63.67231.34432.73262.31803.98904.71672.01171.01313.3062
H71.11344.94322.06864.35232.01174.71676.05603.75962.8643
H84.94321.11344.35232.06864.71672.01176.05602.86433.7596
H92.76221.92571.73382.42473.30621.01313.75962.86432.8289
H101.92572.76222.42471.73381.01313.30622.86433.75962.8289

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 135.896 C1 O5 H10 108.737
C2 O4 H10 135.896 C2 O6 H9 108.737
O3 C1 O5 127.512 O3 C1 H7 122.974
O3 H9 O6 167.854 O4 C2 O6 127.512
O4 C2 H8 122.974 O4 H10 O5 167.854
O5 C1 H7 109.513 O6 C2 H8 109.513
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.093      
2 C 0.093      
3 O -0.203      
4 O -0.203      
5 O -0.203      
6 O -0.203      
7 H 0.104      
8 H 0.104      
9 H 0.209      
10 H 0.209      


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 -36.599 0.006 0.000
y 0.006 -27.752 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.936
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.754 0.006 0.000
y 0.006 5.515 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.239
Polar
3z2-r24.478
x2-y2-8.846
xy0.006
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.884 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.194 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.807


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 167.466
(<r2>)1/2 12.941