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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.565368
Energy at 298.15K-377.571172
HF Energy-377.565368
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy235.068071
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/6-31G**
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 3809 3438 0.00      
2 Ag 3294 2973 0.00      
3 Ag 1944 1755 0.00      
4 Ag 1566 1413 0.00      
5 Ag 1535 1386 0.00      
6 Ag 1362 1229 0.00      
7 Ag 735 663 0.00      
8 Ag 184 167 0.00      
9 Ag 165 149 0.00      
10 Au 1213 1095 0.15      
11 Au 970 876 375.79      
12 Au 168 151 11.09      
13 Au 73 66 3.68      
14 Bg 1209 1092 0.00      
15 Bg 919 830 0.00      
16 Bg 247 223 0.00      
17 Bu 3860 3484 1499.87      
18 Bu 3291 2971 162.77      
19 Bu 1997 1802 1041.00      
20 Bu 1559 1407 27.34      
21 Bu 1507 1361 82.37      
22 Bu 1362 1230 467.52      
23 Bu 750 677 88.68      
24 Bu 230 207 44.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16974.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15321.0 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.20992 0.07134 0.05324

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.638 -1.057 0.000
C2 -1.638 1.057 0.000
O3 1.638 0.139 0.000
O4 -1.638 -0.139 0.000
O5 0.587 -1.820 0.000
O6 -0.587 1.820 0.000
H7 2.554 -1.637 0.000
H8 -2.554 1.637 0.000
H9 0.222 1.299 0.000
H10 -0.222 -1.299 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.89861.19603.40181.29803.63681.08424.98282.74861.8757
C23.89863.40181.19603.63681.29804.98281.08421.87572.7486
O31.19603.40183.28722.22232.78851.99804.45141.83012.3509
O43.40181.19603.28722.78852.22234.45141.99802.35091.8301
O51.29803.63682.22232.78853.82401.97534.67053.13990.9625
O63.63681.29802.78852.22233.82404.67051.97530.96253.1399
H71.08424.98281.99804.45141.97534.67056.06703.74902.7968
H84.98281.08424.45141.99804.67051.97536.06702.79683.7490
H92.74861.87571.83012.35093.13990.96253.74902.79682.6357
H101.87572.74862.35091.83010.96253.13992.79683.74902.6357

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 129.344 C1 O5 H10 111.284
C2 O4 H10 129.344 C2 O6 H9 111.284
O3 C1 O5 125.969 O3 C1 H7 122.317
O3 H9 O6 173.402 O4 C2 O6 125.969
O4 C2 H8 122.317 O4 H10 O5 173.402
O5 C1 H7 111.714 O6 C2 H8 111.714
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.618      
2 C 0.618      
3 O -0.596      
4 O -0.596      
5 O -0.581      
6 O -0.581      
7 H 0.141      
8 H 0.141      
9 H 0.419      
10 H 0.419      


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 -29.726 -7.814 0.000
y -7.814 -36.490 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.021
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.029 -7.814 0.000
y -7.814 -5.116 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.088
Polar
3z2-r20.175
x2-y26.763
xy-7.814
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.193 -0.470 0.000
y -0.470 5.783 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.464


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 189.850
(<r2>)1/2 13.779