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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.514740
Energy at 298.15K-379.520738
HF Energy-379.514740
Nuclear repulsion energy236.991315
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 B3PW91/6-311G**
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 3077 2964 0.00      
2 Ag 3050 2938 0.00      
3 Ag 1727 1664 0.00      
4 Ag 1492 1437 0.00      
5 Ag 1407 1355 0.00      
6 Ag 1282 1235 0.00      
7 Ag 695 669 0.00      
8 Ag 212 204 0.00      
9 Ag 176 169 0.00      
10 Au 1115 1074 96.61      
11 Au 1016 978 148.66      
12 Au 192 185 8.91      
13 Au 77 75 2.19      
14 Bg 1086 1046 0.00      
15 Bg 1000 964 0.00      
16 Bg 281 270 0.00      
17 Bu 3183 3065 2189.58      
18 Bu 3065 2952 614.09      
19 Bu 1808 1741 812.05      
20 Bu 1458 1404 1.70      
21 Bu 1408 1356 51.26      
22 Bu 1283 1235 323.80      
23 Bu 730 703 44.01      
24 Bu 288 277 75.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15553.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14979.8 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 B3PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.20304 0.07788 0.05629

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.617 -0.967 0.000
C2 -1.617 0.967 0.000
O3 1.617 0.251 0.000
O4 -1.617 -0.251 0.000
O5 0.569 -1.745 0.000
O6 -0.569 1.745 0.000
H7 2.551 -1.543 0.000
H8 -2.551 1.543 0.000
H9 0.270 1.196 0.000
H10 -0.270 -1.196 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.76791.21803.31201.30503.48271.09784.86562.54741.9011
C23.76793.31201.21803.48271.30504.86561.09781.90112.5474
O31.21803.31203.27242.25402.64722.02284.36381.64472.3779
O43.31201.21803.27242.64722.25404.36382.02282.37791.6447
O51.30503.48272.25402.64723.66981.99294.53242.95521.0028
O63.48271.30502.64722.25403.66984.53241.99291.00282.9552
H71.09784.86562.02284.36381.99294.53245.96333.56402.8431
H84.86561.09784.36382.02284.53241.99295.96332.84313.5640
H92.54741.90111.64472.37792.95521.00283.56402.84312.4515
H101.90112.54742.37791.64471.00282.95522.84313.56402.4515

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 125.055 C1 O5 H10 110.239
C2 O4 H10 125.055 C2 O6 H9 110.239
O3 C1 O5 126.568 O3 C1 H7 121.648
O3 H9 O6 178.138 O4 C2 O6 126.568
O4 C2 H8 121.648 O4 H10 O5 178.138
O5 C1 H7 111.784 O6 C2 H8 111.784
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.280      
2 C 0.280      
3 O -0.405      
4 O -0.405      
5 O -0.291      
6 O -0.291      
7 H 0.120      
8 H 0.120      
9 H 0.297      
10 H 0.297      


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 -30.540 -6.658 0.000
y -6.658 -37.077 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.270
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.634 -6.658 0.000
y -6.658 -5.172 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.538
Polar
3z2-r21.077
x2-y26.538
xy-6.658
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.292 -0.684 0.000
y -0.684 6.605 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.876


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 181.084
(<r2>)1/2 13.457