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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.409069
Energy at 298.15K-379.414952
HF Energy-379.409069
Nuclear repulsion energy235.304847
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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 3212 3066 0.00      
2 Ag 3137 2995 0.00      
3 Ag 1792 1711 0.00      
4 Ag 1483 1416 0.00      
5 Ag 1431 1366 0.00      
6 Ag 1291 1233 0.00      
7 Ag 687 656 0.00      
8 Ag 211 202 0.00      
9 Ag 168 160 0.00      
10 Au 1103 1053 45.68      
11 Au 980 935 231.75      
12 Au 177 169 6.22      
13 Au 73 70 2.18      
14 Bg 1084 1035 0.00      
15 Bg 953 909 0.00      
16 Bg 270 258 0.00      
17 Bu 3312 3163 1987.98      
18 Bu 3131 2989 343.26      
19 Bu 1859 1775 765.94      
20 Bu 1457 1391 0.09      
21 Bu 1425 1361 70.03      
22 Bu 1288 1230 328.54      
23 Bu 717 684 52.71      
24 Bu 279 266 59.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15759.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15046.7 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
0.20296 0.07508 0.05480

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.576 -1.124 0.000
C2 -1.576 1.124 0.000
O3 1.576 0.087 0.000
O4 -1.576 -0.087 0.000
O5 0.520 -1.902 0.000
O6 -0.520 1.902 0.000
H7 2.500 -1.716 0.000
H8 -2.500 1.716 0.000
H9 0.294 1.346 0.000
H10 -0.294 -1.346 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.87141.21143.31811.31153.68081.09774.96812.78301.8834
C23.87143.31811.21143.68081.31154.96811.09771.88342.7830
O31.21143.31813.15682.25212.77222.02654.38961.79662.3565
O43.31811.21143.15682.77222.25214.38962.02652.35651.7966
O51.31153.68082.25212.77223.94321.98904.71293.25590.9857
O63.68081.31152.77222.25213.94324.71291.98900.98573.2559
H71.09774.96812.02654.38961.98904.71296.06513.77422.8189
H84.96811.09774.38962.02654.71291.98906.06512.81893.7742
H92.78301.88341.79662.35653.25590.98573.77422.81892.7560
H101.88342.78302.35651.79660.98573.25592.81893.77422.7560

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 134.482 C1 O5 H10 109.320
C2 O4 H10 134.482 C2 O6 H9 109.320
O3 C1 O5 126.376 O3 C1 H7 122.640
O3 H9 O6 169.822 O4 C2 O6 126.376
O4 C2 H8 122.640 O4 H10 O5 169.822
O5 C1 H7 110.984 O6 C2 H8 110.984
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.384      
2 C 0.384      
3 O -0.473      
4 O -0.473      
5 O -0.548      
6 O -0.548      
7 H 0.170      
8 H 0.170      
9 H 0.468      
10 H 0.468      


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 -30.376 -6.343 0.000
y -6.343 -36.538 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.064
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.425 -6.343 0.000
y -6.343 -4.818 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.393
Polar
3z2-r20.786
x2-y26.162
xy-6.343
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.092 -0.667 0.000
y -0.667 6.357 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.530


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.150
(<r2>)1/2 13.607