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

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVTZ

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/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.713369
Energy at 298.15K-377.719157
HF Energy-377.713369
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy235.579772
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3754 3417 0.00      
2 Ag 3252 2961 0.00      
3 Ag 1900 1730 0.00      
4 Ag 1556 1416 0.00      
5 Ag 1522 1385 0.00      
6 Ag 1342 1222 0.00      
7 Ag 737 671 0.00      
8 Ag 179 163 0.00      
9 Ag 160 145 0.00      
10 Au 1212 1103 0.27      
11 Au 959 873 264.66      
12 Au 169 153 12.57      
13 Au 75 68 4.06      
14 Bg 1209 1100 0.00      
15 Bg 914 832 0.00      
16 Bg 239 218 0.00      
17 Bu 3804 3463 1521.37      
18 Bu 3250 2959 136.01      
19 Bu 1954 1779 1066.53      
20 Bu 1549 1410 24.45      
21 Bu 1499 1365 64.34      
22 Bu 1346 1225 456.83      
23 Bu 753 685 75.12      
24 Bu 219 199 48.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16774.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9104) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15271.6 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.21102 0.07150 0.05340

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.641 -1.050 0.000
C2 -1.641 1.050 0.000
O3 1.641 0.140 0.000
O4 -1.641 -0.140 0.000
O5 0.590 -1.809 0.000
O6 -0.590 1.809 0.000
H7 2.556 -1.631 0.000
H8 -2.556 1.631 0.000
H9 0.217 1.288 0.000
H10 -0.217 -1.288 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.89661.19043.40571.29623.62681.08364.98032.73761.8733
C23.89663.40571.19043.62681.29624.98031.08361.87332.7376
O31.19043.40573.29372.21442.78621.99324.45391.82882.3434
O43.40571.19043.29372.78622.21444.45391.99322.34341.8288
O51.29623.62682.21442.78623.80581.97424.66153.11940.9609
O63.62681.29622.78622.21443.80584.66151.97420.96093.1194
H71.08364.98031.99324.45391.97424.66156.06393.74012.7945
H84.98031.08364.45391.99324.66151.97426.06392.79453.7401
H92.73761.87331.82882.34343.11940.96093.74012.79452.6122
H101.87332.73762.34341.82880.96093.11942.79453.74012.6122

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 128.881 C1 O5 H10 111.322
C2 O4 H10 128.881 C2 O6 H9 111.322
O3 C1 O5 125.826 O3 C1 H7 122.377
O3 H9 O6 173.972 O4 C2 O6 125.826
O4 C2 H8 122.377 O4 H10 O5 173.972
O5 C1 H7 111.797 O6 C2 H8 111.797
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.113      
2 C -0.113      
3 O -0.606      
4 O -0.606      
5 O -0.378      
6 O -0.378      
7 H 0.687      
8 H 0.687      
9 H 0.410      
10 H 0.410      


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 -30.066 -8.019 0.000
y -8.019 -36.407 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.606
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.941 -8.019 0.000
y -8.019 -4.572 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.369
Polar
3z2-r2-0.738
x2-y26.341
xy-8.019
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.330 -0.340 0.000
y -0.340 6.848 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.062


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 189.514
(<r2>)1/2 13.766