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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.008292
Energy at 298.15K-377.014643
HF Energy-376.771580
Nuclear repulsion energy235.673534
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 B2PLYP/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 3160 3160 0.00      
2 Ag 2456 2456 0.00      
3 Ag 1636 1636 0.00      
4 Ag 1499 1499 0.00      
5 Ag 1432 1432 0.00      
6 Ag 1251 1251 0.00      
7 Ag 684 684 0.00      
8 Ag 278 278 0.00      
9 Ag 191 191 0.00      
10 Au 1217 1217 310.75      
11 Au 1054 1054 74.17      
12 Au 216 216 11.74      
13 Au 95 95 0.58      
14 Bg 1163 1163 0.00      
15 Bg 1072 1072 0.00      
16 Bg 313 313 0.00      
17 Bu 3158 3158 43.05      
18 Bu 2691 2691 3344.41      
19 Bu 1682 1682 498.83      
20 Bu 1511 1511 99.51      
21 Bu 1452 1452 104.81      
22 Bu 1243 1243 231.66      
23 Bu 730 730 19.25      
24 Bu 392 392 90.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15287.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15287.6 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 B2PLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.19249 0.08156 0.05729

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.920 -0.214 0.000
C2 -1.920 0.214 0.000
O3 1.345 0.877 0.000
O4 -1.345 -0.877 0.000
O5 1.345 -1.424 0.000
O6 -1.345 1.424 0.000
H7 3.007 -0.310 0.000
H8 -3.007 0.310 0.000
H9 -0.343 1.390 0.000
H10 0.343 -1.390 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.86341.23373.33111.33913.65271.09164.95472.77381.9673
C23.86343.33111.23373.65271.33914.95471.09161.96732.7738
O31.23373.33113.21112.30102.74472.04264.38881.76382.4791
O43.33111.23373.21112.74472.30104.38882.04262.47911.7638
O51.33913.65272.30102.74473.91722.00104.68473.28151.0028
O63.65271.33912.74472.30103.91724.68472.00101.00283.2815
H71.09164.95472.04264.38882.00104.68476.04613.75662.8753
H84.95471.09164.38882.04264.68472.00106.04612.87533.7566
H92.77381.96731.76382.47913.28151.00283.75662.87532.8641
H101.96732.77382.47911.76381.00283.28152.87533.75662.8641

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 134.697 C1 O5 H10 113.512
C2 O4 H10 134.697 C2 O6 H9 113.512
O3 C1 O5 126.800 O3 C1 H7 122.794
O3 H9 O6 164.991 O4 C2 O6 126.800
O4 C2 H8 122.794 O4 H10 O5 164.991
O5 C1 H7 110.406 O6 C2 H8 110.406
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.459      
2 C 0.459      
3 O -0.510      
4 O -0.510      
5 O -0.571      
6 O -0.571      
7 H 0.222      
8 H 0.222      
9 H 0.400      
10 H 0.400      


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 -27.617 0.021 0.000
y 0.021 -42.112 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.154
Traceless
 xyz
x 10.016 0.021 0.000
y 0.021 -11.727 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.711
Polar
3z2-r23.422
x2-y214.495
xy0.021
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.272 -0.415 0.000
y -0.415 5.373 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.672


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 178.747
(<r2>)1/2 13.370