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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=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 B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.011429
Energy at 298.15K-377.017781
HF Energy-376.771589
Nuclear repulsion energy235.685770
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=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 3160 3008 0.00      
2 Ag 2455 2337 0.00      
3 Ag 1636 1558 0.00      
4 Ag 1499 1427 0.00      
5 Ag 1432 1364 0.00      
6 Ag 1251 1191 0.00      
7 Ag 684 651 0.00      
8 Ag 279 265 0.00      
9 Ag 191 182 0.00      
10 Au 1218 1159 311.09      
11 Au 1054 1003 73.84      
12 Au 216 205 11.74      
13 Au 95 91 0.58      
14 Bg 1164 1108 0.00      
15 Bg 1072 1020 0.00      
16 Bg 313 298 0.00      
17 Bu 3159 3007 43.06      
18 Bu 2690 2561 3346.47      
19 Bu 1682 1601 498.83      
20 Bu 1511 1439 99.67      
21 Bu 1453 1383 104.92      
22 Bu 1244 1184 231.54      
23 Bu 730 695 19.23      
24 Bu 392 373 90.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15288.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.952) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14554.6 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=FULL/3-21G
ABC
0.19251 0.08157 0.05729

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/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
C13.86331.23373.33111.33913.65261.09154.95462.77371.9673
C23.86333.33111.23373.65261.33914.95461.09151.96732.7737
O31.23373.33113.21102.30092.74462.04264.38871.76372.4791
O43.33111.23373.21102.74462.30094.38872.04262.47911.7637
O51.33913.65262.30092.74463.91712.00104.68453.28141.0028
O63.65261.33912.74462.30093.91714.68452.00101.00283.2814
H71.09154.95462.04264.38872.00104.68456.04603.75652.8752
H84.95461.09154.38872.04264.68452.00106.04602.87523.7565
H92.77371.96731.76372.47913.28141.00283.75652.87522.8640
H101.96732.77372.47911.76371.00283.28142.87523.75652.8640

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 134.698 C1 O5 H10 113.513
C2 O4 H10 134.698 C2 O6 H9 113.513
O3 C1 O5 126.798 O3 C1 H7 122.793
O3 H9 O6 164.991 O4 C2 O6 126.798
O4 C2 H8 122.793 O4 H10 O5 164.991
O5 C1 H7 110.408 O6 C2 H8 110.408
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability