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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-374.319505
Energy at 298.15K-374.326090
HF Energy-374.319505
Nuclear repulsion energy239.146988
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 wB97X-D/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 3308 3308 0.00      
2 Ag 2215 2215 0.00      
3 Ag 1852 1852 0.00      
4 Ag 1455 1455 0.00      
5 Ag 1395 1395 0.00      
6 Ag 1008 1008 0.00      
7 Ag 732 732 0.00      
8 Ag 550 550 0.00      
9 Ag 244 244 0.00      
10 Au 1480 1480 196.04      
11 Au 970 970 9.86      
12 Au 241 241 5.77      
13 Au 90 90 0.00      
14 Bg 1476 1476 0.00      
15 Bg 994 994 0.00      
16 Bg 330 330 0.00      
17 Bu 3306 3306 0.09      
18 Bu 2816 2816 6558.67      
19 Bu 1839 1839 198.35      
20 Bu 1788 1788 109.04      
21 Bu 1451 1451 55.13      
22 Bu 1366 1366 80.13      
23 Bu 779 779 5.55      
24 Bu 666 666 1.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16175.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16175.4 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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
ABC
0.18434 0.09220 0.06146

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 -1.765 0.000
C2 0.000 1.765 0.000
O3 1.179 -1.195 0.000
O4 -1.179 1.195 0.000
O5 -1.179 -1.194 0.000
O6 1.179 1.194 0.000
H7 -0.001 -2.885 0.000
H8 0.001 2.885 0.000
H9 1.129 -0.000 0.000
H10 -1.129 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.52911.30913.18591.30913.18501.12054.64962.09462.0950
C23.52913.18591.30913.18501.30914.64961.12052.09502.0946
O31.30913.18593.35752.35732.38972.06064.24701.19612.5991
O43.18591.30913.35752.38972.35734.24702.06062.59911.1961
O51.30913.18502.35732.38973.35582.06064.24642.59821.1957
O63.18501.30912.38972.35733.35584.24642.06061.19572.5982
H71.12054.64962.06064.24702.06064.24645.77013.09803.0981
H84.64961.12054.24702.06064.24642.06065.77013.09813.0980
H92.09462.09501.19612.59912.59821.19573.09803.09812.2580
H102.09502.09462.59911.19611.19572.59823.09813.09802.2580

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 113.389 C1 O5 H10 113.446
C2 O4 H10 113.389 C2 O6 H9 113.446
O3 C1 O5 128.405 O3 C1 H7 115.800
O3 H9 O6 175.240 O4 C2 O6 128.405
O4 C2 H8 115.800 O4 H10 O5 175.240
O5 C1 H7 115.795 O6 C2 H8 115.795
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.170      
2 C 0.170      
3 O -0.249      
4 O -0.249      
5 O -0.249      
6 O -0.249      
7 H 0.089      
8 H 0.089      
9 H 0.239      
10 H 0.239      


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 -37.454 0.005 0.000
y 0.005 -27.566 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.787
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.778 0.005 0.000
y 0.005 6.055 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.723
Polar
3z2-r25.447
x2-y2-9.889
xy0.005
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.910 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 5.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.778


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 166.437
(<r2>)1/2 12.901