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

using model chemistry: B1B95/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 B1B95/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-374.304086
Energy at 298.15K-374.310694
HF Energy-374.304086
Nuclear repulsion energy239.248759
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/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 3303 2917 0.00      
2 Ag 2222 1962 0.00      
3 Ag 1847 1631 0.00      
4 Ag 1460 1289 0.00      
5 Ag 1393 1230 0.00      
6 Ag 1046 924 0.00      
7 Ag 729 643 0.00      
8 Ag 546 482 0.00      
9 Ag 245 216 0.00      
10 Au 1470 1298 196.95      
11 Au 975 861 9.19      
12 Au 247 218 5.18      
13 Au 95 84 0.00      
14 Bg 1468 1296 0.00      
15 Bg 998 881 0.00      
16 Bg 334 295 0.00      
17 Bu 3301 2915 0.65      
18 Bu 2809 2481 6367.96      
19 Bu 1845 1629 204.25      
20 Bu 1774 1566 98.13      
21 Bu 1451 1281 52.65      
22 Bu 1364 1205 79.06      
23 Bu 780 688 5.35      
24 Bu 659 582 0.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16179.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.883) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14286.5 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.18467 0.09209 0.06145

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.906 -0.275 0.000
C2 -1.906 0.275 0.000
O3 1.331 0.827 0.000
O4 -1.331 -0.827 0.000
O5 1.331 -1.500 0.000
O6 -1.331 1.500 0.000
H7 3.017 -0.384 0.000
H8 -3.017 0.384 0.000
H9 -0.326 1.383 0.000
H10 0.326 -1.383 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.85061.24273.28391.35293.69151.11664.96642.77961.9295
C23.85063.28391.24273.69151.35294.96641.11661.92952.7796
O31.24273.28393.13512.32712.74642.07594.37071.74782.4280
O43.28391.24273.13512.74642.32714.37072.07592.42801.7478
O51.35293.69152.32712.74644.01092.02104.73893.32481.0123
O63.69151.35292.74642.32714.01094.73892.02101.01233.3248
H71.11664.96642.07594.37072.02104.73896.08243.78102.8701
H84.96641.11664.37072.07594.73892.02106.08242.87013.7810
H92.77961.92951.74782.42803.32481.01233.78102.87012.8410
H101.92952.77962.42801.74781.01233.32482.87013.78102.8410

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 136.041 C1 O5 H10 108.473
C2 O4 H10 136.041 C2 O6 H9 108.473
O3 C1 O5 127.366 O3 C1 H7 123.157
O3 H9 O6 168.120 O4 C2 O6 127.366
O4 C2 H8 123.157 O4 H10 O5 168.120
O5 C1 H7 109.477 O6 C2 H8 109.477
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.163      
2 C 0.163      
3 O -0.247      
4 O -0.247      
5 O -0.247      
6 O -0.247      
7 H 0.091      
8 H 0.091      
9 H 0.241      
10 H 0.241      


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 -37.304 0.005 0.000
y 0.005 -27.714 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.799
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.548 0.005 0.000
y 0.005 5.837 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.711
Polar
3z2-r25.422
x2-y2-9.590
xy0.005
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.899 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.779


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 166.452
(<r2>)1/2 12.902