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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-376.126374
Energy at 298.15K-376.132589
HF Energy-375.434500
Counterpoise corrected energy-376.126374
CP Energy at 298.15K-376.132589
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy232.741432
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 MP2=FULL/3-21G
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 3172 3029 0.00      
2 Ag 2825 2697 0.00      
3 Ag 1650 1575 0.00      
4 Ag 1521 1452 0.00      
5 Ag 1463 1397 0.00      
6 Ag 1225 1169 0.00      
7 Ag 682 652 0.00      
8 Ag 252 240 0.00      
9 Ag 186 178 0.00      
10 Au 1186 1132 252.42      
11 Au 1035 988 145.23      
12 Au 208 199 9.35      
13 Au 92 88 0.38      
14 Bg 1134 1083 0.00      
15 Bg 1050 1003 0.00      
16 Bg 307 293 0.00      
17 Bu 3174 3031 4.83      
18 Bu 2987 2852 2536.61      
19 Bu 1693 1616 445.20      
20 Bu 1505 1437 22.15      
21 Bu 1468 1402 117.89      
22 Bu 1220 1164 299.18      
23 Bu 719 686 24.88      
24 Bu 344 328 72.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15547.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14845.0 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G
ABC
0.19058 0.07761 0.05515

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.894 -0.101 0.000
C2 -1.894 0.101 0.000
O3 1.313 1.013 0.000
O4 -1.313 -1.013 0.000
O5 1.313 -1.312 0.000
O6 -1.313 1.312 0.000
H7 2.979 -0.183 0.000
H8 -2.979 0.183 0.000
H9 -0.285 1.253 0.000
H10 0.285 -1.253 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.79241.25633.33331.34243.50371.08864.88082.56481.9784
C23.79243.33331.25633.50371.34244.88081.08861.97842.5648
O31.25633.33333.31592.32422.64242.05104.37121.61542.4878
O43.33331.25633.31592.64242.32424.37122.05102.48781.6154
O51.34243.50372.32422.64243.71132.01234.54463.02121.0297
O63.50371.34242.64242.32423.71134.54462.01231.02973.0212
H71.08864.88082.05104.37122.01234.54465.96933.56572.8988
H84.88081.08864.37122.05104.54462.01235.96932.89883.5657
H92.56481.97841.61542.48783.02121.02973.56572.89882.5694
H101.97842.56482.48781.61541.02973.02122.89883.56572.5694

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 126.082 C1 O5 H10 112.361
C2 O4 H10 126.082 C2 O6 H9 112.361
O3 C1 O5 126.829 O3 C1 H7 121.853
O3 H9 O6 174.728 O4 C2 O6 126.829
O4 C2 H8 121.853 O4 H10 O5 174.728
O5 C1 H7 111.318 O6 C2 H8 111.318
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability