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

using model chemistry: B97D3/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 B97D3/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-374.302536
Energy at 298.15K-374.308940
HF Energy-374.302536
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B97D3/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 3178 3178 0.00      
2 Ag 2111 2111 0.00      
3 Ag 1758 1758 0.00      
4 Ag 1412 1412 0.00      
5 Ag 1292 1292 0.00      
6 Ag 1037 1037 0.00      
7 Ag 675 675 0.00      
8 Ag 509 509 0.00      
9 Ag 252 252 0.00      
10 Au 1389 1389 156.37      
11 Au 905 905 4.34      
12 Au 239 239 2.99      
13 Au 84 84 0.00      
14 Bg 1382 1382 0.00      
15 Bg 932 932 0.00      
16 Bg 330 330 0.00      
17 Bu 3175 3175 8.30      
18 Bu 2646 2646 5550.29      
19 Bu 1728 1728 136.78      
20 Bu 1701 1701 72.07      
21 Bu 1404 1404 43.12      
22 Bu 1270 1270 70.82      
23 Bu 748 748 2.80      
24 Bu 596 596 0.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15375.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15375.7 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 B97D3/STO-3G
ABC
0.17720 0.08946 0.05945

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/STO-3G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.783 0.000
C2 -0.000 -1.783 0.000
O3 -1.203 1.219 0.000
O4 1.203 -1.219 0.000
O5 1.203 1.218 0.000
O6 -1.203 -1.218 0.000
H7 0.001 2.912 0.000
H8 -0.001 -2.912 0.000
H9 -1.133 0.001 0.000
H10 1.133 -0.001 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.56701.32893.23421.32863.23371.12854.69552.11272.1135
C23.56703.23421.32893.23371.32864.69551.12852.11352.1127
O31.32893.23423.42482.40542.43712.07704.30231.22022.6352
O43.23421.32893.42482.43712.40544.30232.07702.63521.2202
O51.32863.23372.40542.43713.42372.07714.30182.63421.2208
O63.23371.32862.43712.40543.42374.30182.07711.22082.6342
H71.12854.69552.07704.30232.07714.30185.82403.12433.1252
H84.69551.12854.30232.07704.30182.07715.82403.12523.1243
H92.11272.11351.22022.63522.63421.22083.12433.12522.2665
H102.11352.11272.63521.22021.22082.63423.12523.12432.2665

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 111.878 C1 O5 H10 111.922
C2 O4 H10 111.878 C2 O6 H9 111.922
O3 C1 O5 129.679 O3 C1 H7 115.150
O3 H9 O6 173.480 O4 C2 O6 129.679
O4 C2 H8 115.150 O4 H10 O5 173.480
O5 C1 H7 115.171 O6 C2 H8 115.171
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.139      
2 C 0.139      
3 O -0.214      
4 O -0.214      
5 O -0.214      
6 O -0.214      
7 H 0.081      
8 H 0.081      
9 H 0.208      
10 H 0.208      


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 -36.773 0.003 0.000
y 0.003 -28.154 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.958
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.716 0.003 0.000
y 0.003 5.211 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.505
Polar
3z2-r25.010
x2-y2-8.618
xy0.003
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.031 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 5.589 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.822


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 171.255
(<r2>)1/2 13.086