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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G**

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.672216
Energy at 298.15K-377.678666
HF Energy-377.672216
Nuclear repulsion energy242.758577
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/6-31G**
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 3010 2954 0.00      
2 Ag 1933 1897 0.00      
3 Ag 1587 1557 0.00      
4 Ag 1400 1374 0.00      
5 Ag 1380 1355 0.00      
6 Ag 1148 1127 0.00      
7 Ag 701 688 0.00      
8 Ag 329 323 0.00      
9 Ag 174 171 0.00      
10 Au 1260 1236 201.38      
11 Au 1019 1000 8.17      
12 Au 216 212 10.59      
13 Au 85 83 0.35      
14 Bg 1214 1192 0.00      
15 Bg 1026 1007 0.00      
16 Bg 308 302 0.00      
17 Bu 3008 2952 59.77      
18 Bu 2106 2067 5586.01      
19 Bu 1782 1748 739.84      
20 Bu 1481 1453 61.73      
21 Bu 1389 1363 92.26      
22 Bu 1344 1318 103.26      
23 Bu 776 761 18.45      
24 Bu 499 490 103.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14586.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14313.4 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
0.20075 0.08931 0.06181

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.566 -1.108 0.000
C2 -1.566 1.108 0.000
O3 1.566 0.108 0.000
O4 -1.566 -0.108 0.000
O5 0.513 -1.889 0.000
O6 -0.513 1.889 0.000
H7 2.502 -1.705 0.000
H8 -2.502 1.705 0.000
H9 0.314 1.331 0.000
H10 -0.314 -1.331 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.83591.21633.28691.31083.64671.11064.94562.74161.8924
C23.83593.28691.21633.64671.31084.94561.11061.89242.7416
O31.21633.28693.13882.25762.73662.04104.36981.75012.3672
O43.28691.21633.13882.73662.25764.36982.04102.36721.7501
O51.31083.64672.25762.73663.91401.99764.69083.22590.9968
O63.64671.31082.73662.25763.91404.69081.99760.99683.2259
H71.11064.94562.04104.36981.99764.69086.05553.74272.8402
H84.94561.11064.36982.04104.69081.99766.05552.84023.7427
H92.74161.89241.75012.36723.22590.99683.74272.84022.7350
H101.89242.74162.36721.75010.99683.22592.84023.74272.7350

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 134.318 C1 O5 H10 109.433
C2 O4 H10 134.318 C2 O6 H9 109.433
O3 C1 O5 126.559 O3 C1 H7 122.537
O3 H9 O6 169.690 O4 C2 O6 126.559
O4 C2 H8 122.537 O4 H10 O5 169.690
O5 C1 H7 110.904 O6 C2 H8 110.904
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.318      
2 C 0.318      
3 O -0.435      
4 O -0.435      
5 O -0.418      
6 O -0.418      
7 H 0.146      
8 H 0.146      
9 H 0.389      
10 H 0.389      


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 -27.586 -0.404 0.000
y -0.404 -40.539 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.284
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.325 -0.404 0.000
y -0.404 -10.104 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.779
Polar
3z2-r21.558
x2-y212.953
xy-0.404
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.471 -0.215 0.000
y -0.215 5.818 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.616


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 167.057
(<r2>)1/2 12.925