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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.615781
Energy at 298.15K-379.621740
HF Energy-379.615781
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy235.542788
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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3085 2994 0.00      
2 Ag 3024 2935 0.00      
3 Ag 1686 1636 0.00      
4 Ag 1478 1435 0.00      
5 Ag 1388 1347 0.00      
6 Ag 1255 1218 0.00      
7 Ag 681 661 0.00      
8 Ag 214 208 0.00      
9 Ag 178 173 0.00      
10 Au 1106 1073 73.10      
11 Au 1001 972 114.95      
12 Au 188 182 10.59      
13 Au 78 76 2.16      
14 Bg 1078 1046 0.00      
15 Bg 986 956 0.00      
16 Bg 266 258 0.00      
17 Bu 3151 3058 1964.98      
18 Bu 3072 2981 804.54      
19 Bu 1761 1709 807.23      
20 Bu 1448 1405 0.19      
21 Bu 1387 1346 43.01      
22 Bu 1259 1221 320.63      
23 Bu 717 696 37.98      
24 Bu 285 277 74.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15386.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9704) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14930.5 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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.20033 0.07695 0.05560

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.637 -0.962 0.000
C2 -1.637 0.962 0.000
O3 1.637 0.263 0.000
O4 -1.637 -0.263 0.000
O5 0.578 -1.740 0.000
O6 -0.578 1.740 0.000
H7 2.574 -1.542 0.000
H8 -2.574 1.542 0.000
H9 0.265 1.191 0.000
H10 -0.265 -1.191 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.79831.22563.34841.31453.49411.10164.89972.55341.9155
C23.79833.34841.22563.49411.31454.89971.10161.91552.5534
O31.22563.34843.31672.26642.66212.03384.40131.65672.3939
O43.34841.22563.31672.66212.26644.40132.03382.39391.6567
O51.31453.49412.26642.66213.66692.00644.55032.94741.0055
O63.49411.31452.66212.26643.66694.55032.00641.00552.9474
H71.10164.89972.03384.40132.00644.55036.00123.57792.8603
H84.89971.10164.40132.03384.55032.00646.00122.86033.5779
H92.55341.91551.65672.39392.94741.00553.57792.86032.4394
H101.91552.55342.39391.65671.00552.94742.86033.57792.4394

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 124.042 C1 O5 H10 110.601
C2 O4 H10 124.042 C2 O6 H9 110.601
O3 C1 O5 126.277 O3 C1 H7 121.743
O3 H9 O6 179.079 O4 C2 O6 126.277
O4 C2 H8 121.743 O4 H10 O5 179.079
O5 C1 H7 111.980 O6 C2 H8 111.980
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.869      
2 C 0.869      
3 O -0.419      
4 O -0.419      
5 O -0.222      
6 O -0.222      
7 H -0.425      
8 H -0.425      
9 H 0.197      
10 H 0.197      


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 -31.069 -7.050 0.000
y -7.050 -37.858 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.263
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.991 -7.050 0.000
y -7.050 -5.192 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.201
Polar
3z2-r20.402
x2-y26.789
xy-7.050
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.713 -0.541 0.000
y -0.541 7.954 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.419


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.535
(<r2>)1/2 13.547