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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.197441
Energy at 298.15K-379.203308
HF Energy-378.873275
Nuclear repulsion energy233.887735
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 B2PLYP/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 3202 3039 0.00      
2 Ag 3154 2994 0.00      
3 Ag 1749 1660 0.00      
4 Ag 1491 1415 0.00      
5 Ag 1432 1360 0.00      
6 Ag 1267 1203 0.00      
7 Ag 681 647 0.00      
8 Ag 213 202 0.00      
9 Ag 174 165 0.00      
10 Au 1104 1048 52.87      
11 Au 972 922 228.18      
12 Au 177 168 6.20      
13 Au 74 70 1.98      
14 Bg 1083 1028 0.00      
15 Bg 946 898 0.00      
16 Bg 271 257 0.00      
17 Bu 3301 3133 1864.97      
18 Bu 3148 2988 350.75      
19 Bu 1809 1717 689.34      
20 Bu 1465 1390 0.40      
21 Bu 1421 1349 50.75      
22 Bu 1267 1203 334.17      
23 Bu 709 673 49.34      
24 Bu 277 263 55.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15692.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14895.5 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.19951 0.07443 0.05421

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.585 -1.117 0.000
C2 -1.585 1.117 0.000
O3 1.585 0.101 0.000
O4 -1.585 -0.101 0.000
O5 0.525 -1.904 0.000
O6 -0.525 1.904 0.000
H7 2.510 -1.708 0.000
H8 -2.510 1.708 0.000
H9 0.297 1.355 0.000
H10 -0.297 -1.355 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.87911.21853.32951.32003.68561.09774.97592.78781.8968
C23.87913.32951.21853.68561.32004.97591.09771.89682.7878
O31.21853.32953.17702.26812.77582.03224.39971.79782.3792
O43.32951.21853.17702.77582.26814.39972.03222.37921.7978
O51.32003.68562.26812.77583.95031.99464.71853.26670.9886
O63.68561.32002.77582.26813.95034.71851.99460.98863.2667
H71.09774.97592.03224.39971.99464.71856.07293.77932.8290
H84.97591.09774.39972.03224.71851.99466.07292.82903.7793
H92.78781.89681.79782.37923.26670.98863.77932.82902.7734
H101.89682.78782.37921.79780.98863.26672.82903.77932.7734

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 134.208 C1 O5 H10 109.659
C2 O4 H10 134.208 C2 O6 H9 109.659
O3 C1 O5 126.577 O3 C1 H7 122.581
O3 H9 O6 169.556 O4 C2 O6 126.577
O4 C2 H8 122.581 O4 H10 O5 169.556
O5 C1 H7 110.842 O6 C2 H8 110.842
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.386      
2 C 0.386      
3 O -0.466      
4 O -0.466      
5 O -0.555      
6 O -0.555      
7 H 0.167      
8 H 0.167      
9 H 0.469      
10 H 0.469      


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 -30.635 -6.363 0.000
y -6.363 -37.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.361
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.611 -6.363 0.000
y -6.363 -5.135 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.523
Polar
3z2-r21.046
x2-y26.497
xy-6.363
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.159 -0.612 0.000
y -0.612 6.475 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.515


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 187.149
(<r2>)1/2 13.680