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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-377.656490
Energy at 298.15K-377.662743
HF Energy-377.656490
Nuclear repulsion energy240.638170
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 3025 2968 0.00      
2 Ag 2213 2171 0.00      
3 Ag 1596 1566 0.00      
4 Ag 1508 1480 0.00      
5 Ag 1375 1349 0.00      
6 Ag 1315 1291 0.00      
7 Ag 694 681 0.00      
8 Ag 272 267 0.00      
9 Ag 187 184 0.00      
10 Au 1166 1144 194.38      
11 Au 1006 988 25.90      
12 Au 202 198 8.48      
13 Au 82 80 0.88      
14 Bg 1112 1091 0.00      
15 Bg 1021 1002 0.00      
16 Bg 303 297 0.00      
17 Bu 3024 2967 44.67      
18 Bu 2456 2410 4548.12      
19 Bu 1791 1758 694.32      
20 Bu 1447 1419 41.75      
21 Bu 1386 1360 75.76      
22 Bu 1321 1297 182.39      
23 Bu 757 743 25.79      
24 Bu 401 394 109.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14829.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14551.8 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.20065 0.08549 0.05995

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 1.568 -1.109 0.000
C2 -1.568 1.109 0.000
O3 1.568 0.107 0.000
O4 -1.568 -0.107 0.000
O5 0.515 -1.892 0.000
O6 -0.515 1.892 0.000
H7 2.504 -1.706 0.000
H8 -2.504 1.706 0.000
H9 0.313 1.334 0.000
H10 -0.313 -1.334 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.84071.21623.29171.31143.65281.11034.95002.74621.8939
C23.84073.29171.21623.65281.31144.95001.11031.89392.7462
O31.21623.29173.14282.25882.74292.04074.37431.75482.3691
O43.29171.21623.14282.74292.25884.37432.04072.36911.7548
O51.31143.65282.25882.74293.92101.99704.69673.23160.9985
O63.65281.31142.74292.25883.92104.69671.99700.99853.2316
H71.11034.95002.04074.37431.99704.69676.05963.74712.8411
H84.95001.11034.37432.04074.69671.99706.05962.84113.7471
H92.74621.89391.75482.36913.23160.99853.74712.84112.7397
H101.89392.74622.36911.75480.99853.23162.84113.74712.7397

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 134.341 C1 O5 H10 109.400
C2 O4 H10 134.341 C2 O6 H9 109.400
O3 C1 O5 126.636 O3 C1 H7 122.534
O3 H9 O6 169.622 O4 C2 O6 126.636
O4 C2 H8 122.534 O4 H10 O5 169.622
O5 C1 H7 110.829 O6 C2 H8 110.829
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 0.280      
2 C 0.280      
3 O -0.429      
4 O -0.429      
5 O -0.463      
6 O -0.463      
7 H 0.180      
8 H 0.180      
9 H 0.433      
10 H 0.433      


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 -27.510 -0.618 0.000
y -0.618 -40.611 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.412
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.502 -0.618 0.000
y -0.618 -10.150 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.648
Polar
3z2-r21.296
x2-y213.101
xy-0.618
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.402 -0.331 0.000
y -0.331 5.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.580


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 171.544
(<r2>)1/2 13.097