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

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

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-372.795133
Energy at 298.15K-372.801436
HF Energy-372.448131
Counterpoise corrected energy-372.795133
CP Energy at 298.15K-372.801436
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy237.100732
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/STO-3G
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 3366 2992 0.00      
2 Ag 2618 2327 0.00      
3 Ag 1843 1638 0.00      
4 Ag 1616 1436 0.00      
5 Ag 1475 1312 0.00      
6 Ag 1350 1200 0.00      
7 Ag 680 604 0.00      
8 Ag 340 302 0.00      
9 Ag 194 172 0.00      
10 Au 1412 1255 185.20      
11 Au 969 861 16.98      
12 Au 239 212 2.34      
13 Au 89 79 0.00      
14 Bg 1399 1244 0.00      
15 Bg 1000 889 0.00      
16 Bg 332 295 0.00      
17 Bu 3369 2995 71.03      
18 Bu 3218 2860 5207.20      
19 Bu 1905 1693 214.41      
20 Bu 1786 1587 37.36      
21 Bu 1499 1332 30.76      
22 Bu 1332 1184 114.43      
23 Bu 762 677 10.58      
24 Bu 583 518 104.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16686.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14832.8 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.18421 0.08864 0.05984

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.911 -0.289 0.000
C2 -1.911 0.289 0.000
O3 1.335 0.819 0.000
O4 -1.335 -0.819 0.000
O5 1.335 -1.520 0.000
O6 -1.335 1.520 0.000
H7 3.025 -0.402 0.000
H8 -3.025 0.402 0.000
H9 -0.336 1.394 0.000
H10 0.336 -1.394 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.86601.24873.28911.35983.71621.11924.98422.80791.9239
C23.86603.28911.24873.71621.35984.98421.11921.92392.8079
O31.24873.28913.13182.33912.76022.08504.37941.76742.4276
O43.28911.24873.13182.76022.33914.37942.08502.42761.7674
O51.35983.71622.33912.76024.04632.02634.76473.35951.0063
O63.71621.35982.76022.33914.04634.76472.02631.00633.3595
H71.11924.98422.08504.37942.02634.76476.10273.81112.8653
H84.98421.11924.37942.08504.76472.02636.10272.86533.8111
H92.80791.92391.76742.42763.35951.00633.81112.86532.8680
H101.92392.80792.42761.76741.00633.35952.86533.81112.8680

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 136.487 C1 O5 H10 107.873
C2 O4 H10 136.487 C2 O6 H9 107.873
O3 C1 O5 127.417 O3 C1 H7 123.318
O3 H9 O6 168.223 O4 C2 O6 127.417
O4 C2 H8 123.318 O4 H10 O5 168.223
O5 C1 H7 109.265 O6 C2 H8 109.265
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability