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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/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=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.203511
Energy at 298.15K-379.209384
HF Energy-378.873327
Nuclear repulsion energy233.959829
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=FULL/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 3200 3035 0.00      
2 Ag 3154 2991 0.00      
3 Ag 1750 1659 0.00      
4 Ag 1492 1415 0.00      
5 Ag 1433 1359 0.00      
6 Ag 1268 1202 0.00      
7 Ag 682 647 0.00      
8 Ag 214 203 0.00      
9 Ag 174 165 0.00      
10 Au 1105 1048 54.41      
11 Au 975 924 226.53      
12 Au 178 169 6.27      
13 Au 74 70 1.98      
14 Bg 1083 1027 0.00      
15 Bg 950 901 0.00      
16 Bg 272 258 0.00      
17 Bu 3300 3130 1868.46      
18 Bu 3148 2985 354.18      
19 Bu 1810 1717 690.10      
20 Bu 1465 1390 0.33      
21 Bu 1422 1348 50.94      
22 Bu 1268 1203 334.10      
23 Bu 710 673 49.28      
24 Bu 278 263 55.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15700.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9484) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14890.5 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=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.19962 0.07449 0.05425

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/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 0.296 1.354 0.000
H10 -0.296 -1.354 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.87861.21823.32911.31973.68511.09764.97532.78731.8964
C23.87863.32911.21823.68511.31974.97531.09761.89642.7873
O31.21823.32913.17662.26752.77562.03194.39921.79762.3785
O43.32911.21823.17662.77562.26754.39922.03192.37851.7976
O51.31973.68512.26752.77563.94971.99424.71803.26590.9885
O63.68511.31972.77562.26753.94974.71801.99420.98853.2659
H71.09764.97532.03194.39921.99424.71806.07233.77872.8286
H84.97531.09764.39922.03194.71801.99426.07232.82863.7787
H92.78731.89641.79762.37853.26590.98853.77872.82862.7725
H101.89642.78732.37851.79760.98853.26592.82863.77872.7725

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 134.203 C1 O5 H10 109.650
C2 O4 H10 134.203 C2 O6 H9 109.650
O3 C1 O5 126.577 O3 C1 H7 122.583
O3 H9 O6 169.571 O4 C2 O6 126.577
O4 C2 H8 122.583 O4 H10 O5 169.571
O5 C1 H7 110.840 O6 C2 H8 110.840
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability