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

using model chemistry: B97D3/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B97D3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.490375
Energy at 298.15K-379.496247
HF Energy-379.490375
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B97D3/TZVP
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 2967 0.00      
2 Ag 2874 2832 0.00      
3 Ag 1646 1622 0.00      
4 Ag 1451 1430 0.00      
5 Ag 1376 1356 0.00      
6 Ag 1220 1202 0.00      
7 Ag 673 664 0.00      
8 Ag 209 206 0.00      
9 Ag 173 171 0.00      
10 Au 1084 1068 125.55      
11 Au 980 965 103.90      
12 Au 181 179 7.86      
13 Au 71 70 2.23      
14 Bg 1046 1031 0.00      
15 Bg 971 957 0.00      
16 Bg 261 257 0.00      
17 Bu 3034 2990 688.34      
18 Bu 2973 2930 2228.01      
19 Bu 1722 1698 754.63      
20 Bu 1428 1408 1.43      
21 Bu 1374 1354 41.52      
22 Bu 1223 1205 315.73      
23 Bu 709 699 32.24      
24 Bu 284 280 79.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14985.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9856) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14769.9 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 B97D3/TZVP
ABC
0.19910 0.07715 0.05560

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/TZVP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.632 -0.961 0.000
C2 -1.632 0.961 0.000
O3 1.632 0.266 0.000
O4 -1.632 -0.266 0.000
O5 0.576 -1.749 0.000
O6 -0.576 1.749 0.000
H7 2.569 -1.539 0.000
H8 -2.569 1.539 0.000
H9 0.273 1.198 0.000
H10 -0.273 -1.198 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.78801.22703.33721.31723.49621.10064.88842.55091.9200
C23.78803.33721.22703.49621.31724.88841.10061.92002.5509
O31.22703.33723.30692.27472.66042.03314.38951.64762.4026
O43.33721.22703.30692.66042.27474.38952.03312.40261.6476
O51.31723.49622.27472.66043.68352.00374.55002.96261.0130
O63.49621.31722.66042.27473.68354.55002.00371.01302.9626
H71.10064.88842.03314.38952.00374.55005.98893.57172.8627
H84.88841.10064.38952.03314.55002.00375.98892.86273.5717
H92.55091.92001.64762.40262.96261.01303.57172.86272.4573
H101.92002.55092.40261.64761.01302.96262.86273.57172.4573

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 124.453 C1 O5 H10 110.279
C2 O4 H10 124.453 C2 O6 H9 110.279
O3 C1 O5 126.743 O3 C1 H7 121.636
O3 H9 O6 178.525 O4 C2 O6 126.743
O4 C2 H8 121.636 O4 H10 O5 178.525
O5 C1 H7 111.621 O6 C2 H8 111.621
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.226      
2 C 0.226      
3 O -0.375      
4 O -0.375      
5 O -0.232      
6 O -0.232      
7 H 0.100      
8 H 0.100      
9 H 0.281      
10 H 0.281      


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 -31.362 -6.553 0.000
y -6.553 -37.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.794
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.507 -6.553 0.000
y -6.553 -5.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.858
Polar
3z2-r21.717
x2-y26.581
xy-6.553
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.064 -0.616 0.000
y -0.616 7.433 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.449


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.480
(<r2>)1/2 13.545