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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.329920
Energy at 298.15K-379.335791
HF Energy-379.329920
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 B97D3/6-31G*
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 3037 2978 0.00      
2 Ag 2892 2836 0.00      
3 Ag 1680 1647 0.00      
4 Ag 1469 1440 0.00      
5 Ag 1390 1363 0.00      
6 Ag 1236 1212 0.00      
7 Ag 670 657 0.00      
8 Ag 216 212 0.00      
9 Ag 180 177 0.00      
10 Au 1079 1058 104.16      
11 Au 966 947 139.17      
12 Au 179 176 5.61      
13 Au 68 67 1.87      
14 Bg 1042 1022 0.00      
15 Bg 961 942 0.00      
16 Bg 275 270 0.00      
17 Bu 3061 3001 511.22      
18 Bu 2994 2935 2274.77      
19 Bu 1758 1724 664.86      
20 Bu 1437 1409 0.62      
21 Bu 1385 1358 45.70      
22 Bu 1237 1213 289.75      
23 Bu 709 695 36.85      
24 Bu 291 286 68.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15106.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14810.0 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.19655 0.07637 0.05500

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.655 -0.937 0.000
C2 -1.655 0.937 0.000
O3 1.655 0.296 0.000
O4 -1.655 -0.296 0.000
O5 0.605 -1.736 0.000
O6 -0.605 1.736 0.000
H7 2.596 -1.513 0.000
H8 -2.596 1.513 0.000
H9 0.249 1.185 0.000
H10 -0.249 -1.185 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.80391.23243.37221.32003.49991.10294.90632.54541.9203
C23.80393.37221.23243.49991.32004.90631.10291.92032.5454
O31.23243.37223.36322.28712.67982.03874.42191.66392.4121
O43.37221.23243.36322.67982.28714.42192.03872.41211.6639
O51.32003.49992.28712.67983.67612.00334.56042.94221.0159
O63.49991.32002.67982.28713.67614.56042.00331.01592.9422
H71.10294.90632.03874.42192.00334.56046.00893.57582.8634
H84.90631.10294.42192.03874.56042.00336.00892.86343.5758
H92.54541.92031.66392.41212.94221.01593.57582.86342.4214
H101.92032.54542.41211.66391.01592.94222.86343.57582.4214

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 122.296 C1 O5 H10 109.908
C2 O4 H10 122.296 C2 O6 H9 109.908
O3 C1 O5 127.258 O3 C1 H7 121.511
O3 H9 O6 179.461 O4 C2 O6 127.258
O4 C2 H8 121.511 O4 H10 O5 179.461
O5 C1 H7 111.231 O6 C2 H8 111.231
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.358      
2 C 0.358      
3 O -0.448      
4 O -0.448      
5 O -0.512      
6 O -0.512      
7 H 0.157      
8 H 0.157      
9 H 0.444      
10 H 0.444      


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 -30.673 -5.970 0.000
y -5.970 -36.798 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.109
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.281 -5.970 0.000
y -5.970 -4.907 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.626
Polar
3z2-r21.252
x2-y26.125
xy-5.970
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.619 -0.784 0.000
y -0.784 6.613 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.583


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 184.634
(<r2>)1/2 13.588