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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.218697
Energy at 298.15K-379.224614
HF Energy-378.888025
Nuclear repulsion energy235.335629
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 B2PLYP/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 3153 3153 0.00      
2 Ag 3141 3141 0.00      
3 Ag 1736 1736 0.00      
4 Ag 1502 1502 0.00      
5 Ag 1431 1431 0.00      
6 Ag 1278 1278 0.00      
7 Ag 685 685 0.00      
8 Ag 205 205 0.00      
9 Ag 176 176 0.00      
10 Au 1115 1115 74.30      
11 Au 998 998 190.87      
12 Au 184 184 7.46      
13 Au 76 76 1.88      
14 Bg 1087 1087 0.00      
15 Bg 978 978 0.00      
16 Bg 277 277 0.00      
17 Bu 3270 3270 2098.29      
18 Bu 3136 3136 446.35      
19 Bu 1805 1805 690.96      
20 Bu 1467 1467 0.28      
21 Bu 1424 1424 55.20      
22 Bu 1278 1278 320.59      
23 Bu 719 719 44.93      
24 Bu 277 277 68.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15697.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15697.9 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 B2PLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.19972 0.07669 0.05541

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.582 -1.115 0.000
C2 -1.582 1.115 0.000
O3 1.582 0.104 0.000
O4 -1.582 -0.104 0.000
O5 0.522 -1.900 0.000
O6 -0.522 1.900 0.000
H7 2.506 -1.705 0.000
H8 -2.506 1.705 0.000
H9 0.296 1.352 0.000
H10 -0.296 -1.352 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.87051.21853.32161.31923.67621.09704.96672.78181.8932
C23.87053.32161.21853.67621.31924.96671.09701.89322.7818
O31.21853.32163.17082.26692.76642.03174.39091.79212.3766
O43.32161.21853.17082.76642.26694.39092.03172.37661.7921
O51.31923.67622.26692.76643.94071.99394.70853.26000.9847
O63.67621.31922.76642.26693.94074.70851.99390.98473.2600
H71.09704.96672.03174.39091.99394.70856.06323.77282.8248
H84.96671.09704.39092.03174.70851.99396.06322.82483.7728
H92.78181.89321.79212.37663.26000.98473.77282.82482.7686
H101.89322.78182.37661.79210.98473.26002.82483.77282.7686

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 134.156 C1 O5 H10 109.671
C2 O4 H10 134.156 C2 O6 H9 109.671
O3 C1 O5 126.534 O3 C1 H7 122.582
O3 H9 O6 169.639 O4 C2 O6 126.534
O4 C2 H8 122.582 O4 H10 O5 169.639
O5 C1 H7 110.884 O6 C2 H8 110.884
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.448      
2 C 0.448      
3 O -0.481      
4 O -0.481      
5 O -0.471      
6 O -0.471      
7 H 0.124      
8 H 0.124      
9 H 0.380      
10 H 0.380      


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 -30.635 -6.320 0.000
y -6.320 -37.054 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.258
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.522 -6.320 0.000
y -6.320 -5.108 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.586
Polar
3z2-r21.173
x2-y26.420
xy-6.320
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.204 -0.615 0.000
y -0.615 6.468 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.551


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.551
(<r2>)1/2 13.548