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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.270107
Energy at 298.15K-379.276039
HF Energy-377.731242
Counterpoise corrected energy-379.270107
CP Energy at 298.15K-379.276039
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy237.052904
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ
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 3154 3019 0.00      
2 Ag 3127 2993 0.00      
3 Ag 1724 1650 0.00      
4 Ag 1490 1426 0.00      
5 Ag 1423 1362 0.00      
6 Ag 1274 1220 0.00      
7 Ag 693 664 0.00      
8 Ag 213 204 0.00      
9 Ag 170 163 0.00      
10 Au 1125 1076 62.74      
11 Au 1008 964 125.68      
12 Au 181 174 9.39      
13 Au 71 68 2.07      
14 Bg 1100 1053 0.00      
15 Bg 988 945 0.00      
16 Bg 264 253 0.00      
17 Bu 3250 3111 2142.91      
18 Bu 3144 3009 460.84      
19 Bu 1793 1716 738.01      
20 Bu 1462 1400 2.65      
21 Bu 1418 1357 37.69      
22 Bu 1278 1223 335.71      
23 Bu 724 693 40.42      
24 Bu 284 271 69.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15678.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9571) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15005.5 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ
ABC
0.20335 0.07764 0.05619

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.624 -0.966 0.000
C2 -1.624 0.966 0.000
O3 1.624 0.252 0.000
O4 -1.624 -0.252 0.000
O5 0.572 -1.739 0.000
O6 -0.572 1.739 0.000
H7 2.548 -1.540 0.000
H8 -2.548 1.540 0.000
H9 0.254 1.183 0.000
H10 -0.254 -1.183 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.77801.21723.32471.30593.48351.08804.86582.54791.8902
C23.77803.32471.21723.48351.30594.86581.08801.89022.5479
O31.21723.32473.28592.25172.65182.01584.36551.65622.3629
O43.32471.21723.28592.65182.25174.36552.01582.36291.6562
O51.30593.48352.25172.65183.66161.98604.52582.93950.9956
O63.48351.30592.65182.25173.66164.52581.98600.99562.9395
H71.08804.86582.01584.36551.98604.52585.95363.56012.8242
H84.86581.08804.36552.01584.52581.98605.95362.82423.5601
H92.54791.89021.65622.36292.93950.99563.56012.82422.4199
H101.89022.54792.36291.65620.99562.93952.82423.56012.4199

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 124.219 C1 O5 H10 109.693
C2 O4 H10 124.219 C2 O6 H9 109.693
O3 C1 O5 126.335 O3 C1 H7 121.866
O3 H9 O6 179.753 O4 C2 O6 126.335
O4 C2 H8 121.866 O4 H10 O5 179.753
O5 C1 H7 111.799 O6 C2 H8 111.799
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability