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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.664112
Energy at 298.15K-377.669905
HF Energy-377.664112
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy235.146721
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 HF/6-311G**
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 3819 3469 0.00      
2 Ag 3267 2968 0.00      
3 Ag 1927 1750 0.00      
4 Ag 1563 1420 0.00      
5 Ag 1520 1380 0.00      
6 Ag 1347 1223 0.00      
7 Ag 737 669 0.00      
8 Ag 179 162 0.00      
9 Ag 164 149 0.00      
10 Au 1213 1102 0.05      
11 Au 958 871 347.52      
12 Au 167 152 11.03      
13 Au 75 68 3.81      
14 Bg 1210 1100 0.00      
15 Bg 910 827 0.00      
16 Bg 244 221 0.00      
17 Bu 3865 3511 1385.93      
18 Bu 3264 2965 157.69      
19 Bu 1979 1798 1095.23      
20 Bu 1553 1411 21.59      
21 Bu 1499 1362 66.24      
22 Bu 1350 1227 487.65      
23 Bu 750 682 89.45      
24 Bu 219 199 42.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16888.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15343.3 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.21178 0.07077 0.05305

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.628 -1.078 0.000
C2 -1.628 1.078 0.000
O3 1.628 0.111 0.000
O4 -1.628 -0.111 0.000
O5 0.577 -1.840 0.000
O6 -0.577 1.840 0.000
H7 2.543 -1.662 0.000
H8 -2.543 1.662 0.000
H9 0.227 1.316 0.000
H10 -0.227 -1.316 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.90531.18993.39631.29803.65731.08504.99022.77391.8704
C23.90533.39631.18993.65731.29804.99021.08501.87042.7739
O31.18993.39633.26332.21642.80131.99544.44931.84722.3408
O43.39631.18993.26332.80132.21644.44931.99542.34081.8472
O51.29803.65732.21642.80133.85611.97404.68953.17500.9596
O63.65731.29802.80132.21643.85614.68951.97400.95963.1750
H71.08504.99021.99544.44931.97404.68956.07513.77202.7915
H84.99021.08504.44931.99544.68951.97406.07512.79153.7720
H92.77391.87041.84722.34083.17500.95963.77202.79152.6709
H101.87042.77392.34081.84720.95963.17502.79153.77202.6709

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 130.697 C1 O5 H10 110.999
C2 O4 H10 130.697 C2 O6 H9 110.999
O3 C1 O5 125.917 O3 C1 H7 122.531
O3 H9 O6 172.387 O4 C2 O6 125.917
O4 C2 H8 122.531 O4 H10 O5 172.387
O5 C1 H7 111.552 O6 C2 H8 111.552
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.459      
2 C 0.459      
3 O -0.504      
4 O -0.504      
5 O -0.382      
6 O -0.382      
7 H 0.104      
8 H 0.104      
9 H 0.323      
10 H 0.323      


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 -29.840 -7.907 0.000
y -7.907 -36.585 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.074
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.990 -7.907 0.000
y -7.907 -5.128 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.138
Polar
3z2-r20.276
x2-y26.745
xy-7.907
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.160 -0.461 0.000
y -0.461 5.915 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.687


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 190.566
(<r2>)1/2 13.805