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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.650840
Energy at 298.15K-379.656687
HF Energy-379.650840
Nuclear repulsion energy233.862057
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 BLYP/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 2979 2968 0.00      
2 Ag 2846 2836 0.00      
3 Ag 1607 1601 0.00      
4 Ag 1436 1431 0.00      
5 Ag 1356 1351 0.00      
6 Ag 1192 1188 0.00      
7 Ag 662 660 0.00      
8 Ag 207 206 0.00      
9 Ag 175 175 0.00      
10 Au 1066 1062 89.64      
11 Au 966 963 78.76      
12 Au 183 182 8.64      
13 Au 75 74 2.04      
14 Bg 1033 1030 0.00      
15 Bg 959 956 0.00      
16 Bg 257 256 0.00      
17 Bu 3000 2990 639.47      
18 Bu 2942 2932 2173.71      
19 Bu 1680 1674 725.82      
20 Bu 1412 1407 1.46      
21 Bu 1355 1350 33.73      
22 Bu 1198 1194 307.15      
23 Bu 699 696 28.71      
24 Bu 279 278 74.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14780.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9966) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14730.1 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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.19675 0.07590 0.05477

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.666 -0.975 0.000
C2 -1.666 0.975 0.000
O3 1.666 0.252 0.000
O4 -1.666 -0.252 0.000
O5 0.590 -1.769 0.000
O6 -0.590 1.769 0.000
H7 2.594 -1.567 0.000
H8 -2.594 1.567 0.000
H9 0.253 1.211 0.000
H10 -0.253 -1.211 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.86021.22743.40901.33753.55221.10074.96032.60281.9335
C23.86023.40901.22743.55221.33754.96031.10071.93352.6028
O31.22743.40903.36962.29032.71812.04254.45771.70722.4134
O43.40901.22743.36962.71812.29034.45772.04252.41341.7072
O51.33753.55222.29032.71813.72992.01424.61142.99941.0109
O63.55221.33752.71812.29033.72994.61142.01421.01092.9994
H71.10074.96032.04254.45772.01424.61146.06073.63272.8690
H84.96031.10074.45772.04254.61142.01426.06072.86903.6327
H92.60281.93351.70722.41342.99941.01093.63272.86902.4747
H101.93352.60282.41341.70721.01092.99942.86903.63272.4747

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 124.165 C1 O5 H10 110.055
C2 O4 H10 124.165 C2 O6 H9 110.055
O3 C1 O5 126.434 O3 C1 H7 122.543
O3 H9 O6 179.347 O4 C2 O6 126.434
O4 C2 H8 122.543 O4 H10 O5 179.347
O5 C1 H7 111.024 O6 C2 H8 111.024
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.013      
2 C -0.013      
3 O -0.481      
4 O -0.481      
5 O -0.293      
6 O -0.293      
7 H 0.481      
8 H 0.481      
9 H 0.306      
10 H 0.306      


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 -31.644 -6.631 0.000
y -6.631 -38.182 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.512
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.703 -6.631 0.000
y -6.631 -5.104 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.401
Polar
3z2-r20.803
x2-y26.538
xy-6.631
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.325 -0.592 0.000
y -0.592 8.450 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.687


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 186.117
(<r2>)1/2 13.642