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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.947364
Energy at 298.15K-75.953274
HF Energy-75.947364
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy131.205488
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 HF/CEP-121G
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 3628 3311 0.00      
2 Ag 3338 3045 0.00      
3 Ag 1777 1622 0.00      
4 Ag 1525 1392 0.00      
5 Ag 1483 1353 0.00      
6 Ag 1273 1161 0.00      
7 Ag 685 625 0.00      
8 Ag 200 182 0.00      
9 Ag 175 160 0.00      
10 Au 1176 1074 27.38      
11 Au 1027 937 512.66      
12 Au 178 163 22.88      
13 Au 97 88 3.04      
14 Bg 1170 1068 0.00      
15 Bg 987 900 0.00      
16 Bg 249 227 0.00      
17 Bu 3683 3360 1326.95      
18 Bu 3335 3043 102.73      
19 Bu 1815 1656 1073.90      
20 Bu 1518 1385 9.24      
21 Bu 1470 1341 121.26      
22 Bu 1268 1157 539.92      
23 Bu 699 638 97.50      
24 Bu 239 218 49.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16496.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9125) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15053.4 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 HF/CEP-121G
ABC
0.20257 0.07270 0.05350

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.600 -1.107 0.000
C2 -1.600 1.107 0.000
O3 1.600 0.124 0.000
O4 -1.600 -0.124 0.000
O5 0.507 -1.864 0.000
O6 -0.507 1.864 0.000
H7 2.506 -1.692 0.000
H8 -2.506 1.692 0.000
H9 0.339 1.385 0.000
H10 -0.339 -1.385 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.89071.23033.34741.32943.64191.07894.96922.79261.9590
C23.89073.34741.23033.64191.32944.96921.07891.95902.7926
O31.23033.34743.20942.26802.73282.02924.39551.78352.4570
O43.34741.23033.20942.73282.26804.39552.02922.45701.7835
O51.32943.64192.26802.73283.86312.00654.66093.25330.9723
O63.64191.32942.73282.26803.86314.66092.00650.97233.2533
H71.07894.96922.02924.39552.00654.66096.04783.76362.8620
H84.96921.07894.39552.02924.66092.00656.04782.86203.7636
H92.79261.95901.78352.45703.25330.97233.76362.86202.8521
H101.95902.79262.45701.78350.97233.25332.86203.76362.8521

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 135.014 C1 O5 H10 115.793
C2 O4 H10 135.014 C2 O6 H9 115.793
O3 C1 O5 124.720 O3 C1 H7 122.847
O3 H9 O6 164.472 O4 C2 O6 124.720
O4 C2 H8 122.847 O4 H10 O5 164.472
O5 C1 H7 112.433 O6 C2 H8 112.433
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.238      
2 C 0.238      
3 O -0.394      
4 O -0.394      
5 O -0.468      
6 O -0.468      
7 H 0.169      
8 H 0.169      
9 H 0.456      
10 H 0.456      


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 -29.592 -9.136 0.000
y -9.136 -39.964 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.126
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.453 -9.136 0.000
y -9.136 -8.105 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.652
Polar
3z2-r21.304
x2-y210.372
xy-9.136
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.022 -0.255 0.000
y -0.255 6.218 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.581


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 149.889
(<r2>)1/2 12.243