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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.714605
Energy at 298.15K-379.720542
HF Energy-379.714605
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy236.105555
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-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 3066 2966 0.00      
2 Ag 3039 2941 0.00      
3 Ag 1692 1637 0.00      
4 Ag 1478 1430 0.00      
5 Ag 1404 1358 0.00      
6 Ag 1256 1215 0.00      
7 Ag 689 666 0.00      
8 Ag 211 205 0.00      
9 Ag 175 169 0.00      
10 Au 1101 1065 60.54      
11 Au 1002 969 127.44      
12 Au 186 180 10.41      
13 Au 77 74 2.28      
14 Bg 1079 1044 0.00      
15 Bg 982 950 0.00      
16 Bg 260 252 0.00      
17 Bu 3160 3057 2151.24      
18 Bu 3054 2955 550.42      
19 Bu 1766 1709 818.09      
20 Bu 1449 1402 0.79      
21 Bu 1402 1356 46.49      
22 Bu 1259 1219 337.70      
23 Bu 723 699 37.81      
24 Bu 281 272 74.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15394.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14894.1 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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.20203 0.07683 0.05566

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

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 0.256 0.000
O4 -1.637 -0.256 0.000
O5 0.581 -1.738 0.000
O6 -0.581 1.738 0.000
H7 2.567 -1.539 0.000
H8 -2.567 1.539 0.000
H9 0.261 1.195 0.000
H10 -0.261 -1.195 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.79751.21843.34911.31003.49451.09474.89202.55841.9122
C23.79753.34911.21843.49451.31004.89201.09471.91222.5584
O31.21843.34913.31372.25632.66772.02234.39551.66552.3891
O43.34911.21843.31372.66772.25634.39552.02232.38911.6655
O51.31003.49452.25632.66773.66531.99564.54472.95021.0024
O63.49451.31002.66772.25633.66534.54471.99561.00242.9502
H71.09474.89202.02234.39551.99564.54475.98653.57682.8491
H84.89201.09474.39552.02234.54471.99565.98652.84913.5768
H92.55841.91221.66552.38912.95021.00243.57682.84912.4460
H101.91222.55842.38911.66551.00242.95022.84913.57682.4460

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 124.300 C1 O5 H10 110.870
C2 O4 H10 124.300 C2 O6 H9 110.870
O3 C1 O5 126.317 O3 C1 H7 121.821
O3 H9 O6 178.513 O4 C2 O6 126.317
O4 C2 H8 121.821 O4 H10 O5 178.513
O5 C1 H7 111.862 O6 C2 H8 111.862
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.042      
2 C -0.042      
3 O -0.496      
4 O -0.496      
5 O -0.304      
6 O -0.304      
7 H 0.530      
8 H 0.530      
9 H 0.313      
10 H 0.313      


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 -31.073 -6.924 0.000
y -6.924 -37.663 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.136
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.827 -6.924 0.000
y -6.924 -5.059 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.232
Polar
3z2-r20.463
x2-y26.590
xy-6.924
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.679 -0.508 0.000
y -0.508 7.914 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.462


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.251
(<r2>)1/2 13.537