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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.797014
Energy at 298.15K-378.802851
HF Energy-377.591834
Nuclear repulsion energy235.297390
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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3385 3200 0.00      
2 Ag 3135 2964 0.00      
3 Ag 1798 1700 0.00      
4 Ag 1507 1425 0.00      
5 Ag 1446 1367 0.00      
6 Ag 1277 1207 0.00      
7 Ag 692 654 0.00      
8 Ag 197 186 0.00      
9 Ag 167 158 0.00      
10 Au 1125 1064 17.69      
11 Au 968 915 202.76      
12 Au 173 164 7.55      
13 Au 72 68 1.97      
14 Bg 1113 1052 0.00      
15 Bg 936 885 0.00      
16 Bg 265 251 0.00      
17 Bu 3472 3282 1830.96      
18 Bu 3132 2961 167.58      
19 Bu 1856 1755 715.78      
20 Bu 1482 1401 0.06      
21 Bu 1439 1361 49.95      
22 Bu 1281 1211 340.94      
23 Bu 719 680 49.01      
24 Bu 259 245 56.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15946.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9455) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15077.5 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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.20312 0.07480 0.05467

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.636 -0.993 0.000
C2 -1.636 0.993 0.000
O3 1.636 0.219 0.000
O4 -1.636 -0.219 0.000
O5 0.585 -1.777 0.000
O6 -0.585 1.777 0.000
H7 2.564 -1.574 0.000
H8 -2.564 1.574 0.000
H9 0.233 1.228 0.000
H10 -0.233 -1.228 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.82721.21233.36161.31073.55051.09494.92202.62691.8837
C23.82723.36161.21233.55051.31074.92201.09491.88372.6269
O31.21233.36163.30042.25572.71272.01914.41261.72752.3637
O43.36161.21233.30042.71272.25574.41262.01912.36371.7275
O51.31073.55052.25572.71273.74181.98914.59843.02560.9856
O63.55051.31072.71272.25573.74184.59841.98910.98563.0256
H71.09494.92202.01914.41261.98914.59846.01693.64452.8185
H84.92201.09494.41262.01914.59841.98916.01692.81853.6445
H92.62691.88371.72752.36373.02560.98563.64452.81852.5000
H101.88372.62692.36371.72750.98563.02562.81853.64452.5000

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 125.738 C1 O5 H10 109.418
C2 O4 H10 125.738 C2 O6 H9 109.418
O3 C1 O5 126.724 O3 C1 H7 122.038
O3 H9 O6 178.119 O4 C2 O6 126.724
O4 C2 H8 122.038 O4 H10 O5 178.119
O5 C1 H7 111.238 O6 C2 H8 111.238
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability