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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.615782
Energy at 298.15K-379.621742
HF Energy-379.615782
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy235.531964
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 B3LYP/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 3086 2995 0.00      
2 Ag 3026 2936 0.00      
3 Ag 1686 1636 0.00      
4 Ag 1479 1435 0.00      
5 Ag 1388 1347 0.00      
6 Ag 1255 1218 0.00      
7 Ag 681 661 0.00      
8 Ag 215 208 0.00      
9 Ag 179 174 0.00      
10 Au 1106 1073 73.32      
11 Au 1001 972 114.77      
12 Au 188 182 10.55      
13 Au 78 76 2.20      
14 Bg 1078 1046 0.00      
15 Bg 986 957 0.00      
16 Bg 266 258 0.00      
17 Bu 3152 3059 1962.30      
18 Bu 3073 2982 804.30      
19 Bu 1761 1709 807.45      
20 Bu 1449 1406 0.22      
21 Bu 1388 1347 43.20      
22 Bu 1259 1221 320.37      
23 Bu 717 696 37.93      
24 Bu 286 277 74.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15389.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9704) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14934.4 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.20035 0.07693 0.05559

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.637 -0.963 0.000
C2 -1.637 0.963 0.000
O3 1.637 0.263 0.000
O4 -1.637 -0.263 0.000
O5 0.578 -1.741 0.000
O6 -0.578 1.741 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
C13.79871.22563.34841.31443.49481.10164.90012.55421.9155
C23.79873.34841.22563.49481.31444.90011.10161.91552.5542
O31.22563.34843.31632.26632.66252.03384.40141.65712.3939
O43.34841.22563.31632.66252.26634.40142.03382.39391.6571
O51.31443.49482.26632.66253.66782.00634.55092.94851.0055
O63.49481.31442.66252.26633.66784.55092.00631.00552.9485
H71.10164.90012.03384.40142.00634.55096.00163.57862.8603
H84.90011.10164.40142.03384.55092.00636.00162.86033.5786
H92.55421.91551.65712.39392.94851.00553.57862.86032.4405
H101.91552.55422.39391.65711.00552.94852.86033.57862.4405

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 124.076 C1 O5 H10 110.604
C2 O4 H10 124.076 C2 O6 H9 110.604
O3 C1 O5 126.277 O3 C1 H7 121.740
O3 H9 O6 179.043 O4 C2 O6 126.277
O4 C2 H8 121.740 O4 H10 O5 179.043
O5 C1 H7 111.984 O6 C2 H8 111.984
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/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 -0.221      
6 O -0.221      
7 H -0.426      
8 H -0.426      
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 -31.071 -7.049 0.000
y -7.049 -37.854 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.263
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.987 -7.049 0.000
y -7.049 -5.187 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.199
Polar
3z2-r20.399
x2-y26.783
xy-7.049
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 7.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.419


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.563
(<r2>)1/2 13.549