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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.311735
Energy at 298.15K-377.318147
HF Energy-377.311735
Nuclear repulsion energy238.195873
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 B1B95/3-21G
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 3156 3019 0.00      
2 Ag 2287 2188 0.00      
3 Ag 1635 1565 0.00      
4 Ag 1498 1433 0.00      
5 Ag 1409 1348 0.00      
6 Ag 1296 1240 0.00      
7 Ag 691 662 0.00      
8 Ag 290 278 0.00      
9 Ag 182 174 0.00      
10 Au 1241 1187 344.86      
11 Au 1070 1024 53.73      
12 Au 218 209 13.93      
13 Au 96 92 0.60      
14 Bg 1188 1137 0.00      
15 Bg 1085 1038 0.00      
16 Bg 314 301 0.00      
17 Bu 3154 3018 47.52      
18 Bu 2554 2444 3883.84      
19 Bu 1732 1657 580.20      
20 Bu 1503 1438 156.93      
21 Bu 1443 1381 89.28      
22 Bu 1290 1234 233.86      
23 Bu 744 712 19.15      
24 Bu 422 404 103.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15249.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14589.5 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
0.19628 0.08391 0.05878

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.915 -0.218 0.000
C2 -1.915 0.218 0.000
O3 1.340 0.866 0.000
O4 -1.340 -0.866 0.000
O5 1.340 -1.418 0.000
O6 -1.340 1.418 0.000
H7 3.002 -0.312 0.000
H8 -3.002 0.312 0.000
H9 -0.338 1.383 0.000
H10 0.338 -1.383 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.85371.22643.31871.33053.64241.09114.94452.76361.9601
C23.85373.31871.22643.64241.33054.94451.09111.96012.7636
O31.22643.31873.19142.28372.73662.03664.37701.75642.4619
O43.31871.22643.19142.73662.28374.37702.03662.46191.7564
O51.33053.64242.28372.73663.90171.99574.67363.26511.0023
O63.64241.33052.73662.28373.90174.67361.99571.00233.2651
H71.09114.94452.03664.37701.99574.67366.03543.74542.8703
H84.94451.09114.37702.03664.67361.99576.03542.87033.7454
H92.76361.96011.75642.46193.26511.00233.74542.87032.8474
H101.96012.76362.46191.75641.00233.26512.87033.74542.8474

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 135.038 C1 O5 H10 113.586
C2 O4 H10 135.038 C2 O6 H9 113.586
O3 C1 O5 126.501 O3 C1 H7 122.889
O3 H9 O6 164.875 O4 C2 O6 126.501
O4 C2 H8 122.889 O4 H10 O5 164.875
O5 C1 H7 110.610 O6 C2 H8 110.610
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.460      
2 C 0.460      
3 O -0.532      
4 O -0.532      
5 O -0.580      
6 O -0.580      
7 H 0.241      
8 H 0.241      
9 H 0.412      
10 H 0.412      


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 -27.043 -0.076 0.000
y -0.076 -41.971 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.948
Traceless
 xyz
x 10.417 -0.076 0.000
y -0.076 -11.976 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.559
Polar
3z2-r23.118
x2-y214.928
xy-0.076
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.219 -0.388 0.000
y -0.388 5.161 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.695


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 174.629
(<r2>)1/2 13.215