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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/TZVP

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.548418
Energy at 298.15K-379.554373
HF Energy-379.548418
Nuclear repulsion energy236.770983
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/TZVP
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 3082 2972 0.00      
2 Ag 3023 2915 0.00      
3 Ag 1717 1656 0.00      
4 Ag 1478 1426 0.00      
5 Ag 1411 1360 0.00      
6 Ag 1274 1228 0.00      
7 Ag 694 669 0.00      
8 Ag 210 203 0.00      
9 Ag 173 167 0.00      
10 Au 1109 1069 98.39      
11 Au 1010 974 153.35      
12 Au 188 181 9.73      
13 Au 79 76 2.45      
14 Bg 1081 1042 0.00      
15 Bg 991 955 0.00      
16 Bg 266 256 0.00      
17 Bu 3151 3038 1980.01      
18 Bu 3068 2959 800.05      
19 Bu 1794 1730 844.26      
20 Bu 1452 1400 1.10      
21 Bu 1409 1358 56.34      
22 Bu 1275 1229 340.34      
23 Bu 727 701 41.49      
24 Bu 283 273 78.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15470.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9643) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14917.9 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 B3PW91/TZVP
ABC
0.20355 0.07747 0.05611

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/TZVP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.613 -0.982 0.000
C2 -1.613 0.982 0.000
O3 1.613 0.236 0.000
O4 -1.613 -0.236 0.000
O5 0.562 -1.756 0.000
O6 -0.562 1.756 0.000
H7 2.546 -1.558 0.000
H8 -2.546 1.558 0.000
H9 0.280 1.207 0.000
H10 -0.280 -1.207 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.77691.21803.31101.30563.49701.09664.87352.56321.9058
C23.77693.31101.21803.49701.30564.87351.09661.90582.5632
O31.21803.31103.26002.25262.65352.02194.36431.64952.3797
O43.31101.21803.26002.65352.25264.36432.02192.37971.6495
O51.30563.49702.25262.65353.68811.99474.54352.97681.0048
O63.49701.30562.65352.25263.68814.54351.99471.00482.9768
H71.09664.87352.02194.36431.99474.54355.97013.57512.8477
H84.87351.09664.36432.02194.54351.99475.97012.84773.5751
H92.56321.90581.64952.37972.97681.00483.57512.84772.4778
H101.90582.56322.37971.64951.00482.97682.84773.57512.4778

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 126.072 C1 O5 H10 110.475
C2 O4 H10 126.072 C2 O6 H9 110.475
O3 C1 O5 126.370 O3 C1 H7 121.651
O3 H9 O6 177.083 O4 C2 O6 126.370
O4 C2 H8 121.651 O4 H10 O5 177.083
O5 C1 H7 111.979 O6 C2 H8 111.979
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.256      
2 C 0.256      
3 O -0.409      
4 O -0.409      
5 O -0.256      
6 O -0.256      
7 H 0.110      
8 H 0.110      
9 H 0.300      
10 H 0.300      


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 -30.999 -6.927 0.000
y -6.927 -37.745 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.723
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.736 -6.927 0.000
y -6.927 -5.385 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.649
Polar
3z2-r21.298
x2-y26.747
xy-6.927
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.626 -0.531 0.000
y -0.531 7.153 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.352


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 181.938
(<r2>)1/2 13.488