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

using model chemistry: HF/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.442944
Energy at 298.15K-377.448922
HF Energy-377.442944
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy234.321721
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/SDD
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 3619 3258 0.00      
2 Ag 3401 3062 0.00      
3 Ag 1800 1621 0.00      
4 Ag 1550 1395 0.00      
5 Ag 1504 1354 0.00      
6 Ag 1295 1166 0.00      
7 Ag 696 627 0.00      
8 Ag 209 188 0.00      
9 Ag 181 163 0.00      
10 Au 1190 1072 43.01      
11 Au 1076 969 565.96      
12 Au 188 169 24.50      
13 Au 101 91 2.93      
14 Bg 1184 1066 0.00      
15 Bg 1030 927 0.00      
16 Bg 262 236 0.00      
17 Bu 3685 3318 1554.52      
18 Bu 3399 3060 130.72      
19 Bu 1841 1657 1144.81      
20 Bu 1536 1383 5.06      
21 Bu 1495 1346 139.30      
22 Bu 1289 1161 549.30      
23 Bu 718 646 94.61      
24 Bu 249 225 53.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16747.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9004) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15079.3 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/SDD
ABC
0.20364 0.07445 0.05452

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.590 -1.082 0.000
C2 -1.590 1.082 0.000
O3 1.590 0.144 0.000
O4 -1.590 -0.144 0.000
O5 0.510 -1.841 0.000
O6 -0.510 1.841 0.000
H7 2.497 -1.660 0.000
H8 -2.497 1.660 0.000
H9 0.348 1.377 0.000
H10 -0.348 -1.377 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.84671.22543.31621.32053.59851.07534.92162.75511.9607
C23.84673.31621.22543.59851.32054.92161.07531.96072.7551
O31.22543.31623.19382.25952.69992.01884.35941.75092.4640
O43.31621.22543.19382.69992.25954.35942.01882.46401.7509
O51.32053.59852.25952.69993.81961.99524.61453.22200.9747
O63.59851.32052.69992.25953.81964.61451.99520.97473.2220
H71.07534.92162.01884.35941.99524.61455.99663.72082.8587
H84.92161.07534.35942.01884.61451.99525.99662.85873.7208
H92.75511.96071.75092.46403.22200.97473.72082.85872.8414
H101.96072.75512.46401.75090.97473.22202.85873.72082.8414

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 134.792 C1 O5 H10 116.553
C2 O4 H10 134.792 C2 O6 H9 116.553
O3 C1 O5 125.082 O3 C1 H7 122.542
O3 H9 O6 163.572 O4 C2 O6 125.082
O4 C2 H8 122.542 O4 H10 O5 163.572
O5 C1 H7 112.376 O6 C2 H8 112.376
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.343      
2 C 0.343      
3 O -0.500      
4 O -0.500      
5 O -0.586      
6 O -0.586      
7 H 0.222      
8 H 0.222      
9 H 0.520      
10 H 0.520      


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 -29.654 -8.989 0.000
y -8.989 -40.007 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.088
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.393 -8.989 0.000
y -8.989 -8.135 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.742
Polar
3z2-r21.485
x2-y210.352
xy-8.989
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.739 -0.216 0.000
y -0.216 5.867 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.190


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 187.166
(<r2>)1/2 13.681