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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.822250
Energy at 298.15K-377.828618
HF Energy-377.822250
Nuclear repulsion energy242.313728
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 LSDA/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 2993 2958 0.00      
2 Ag 2032 2008 0.00      
3 Ag 1555 1537 0.00      
4 Ag 1420 1404 0.00      
5 Ag 1363 1347 0.00      
6 Ag 1278 1263 0.00      
7 Ag 703 695 0.00      
8 Ag 305 302 0.00      
9 Ag 173 171 0.00      
10 Au 1227 1213 205.29      
11 Au 1016 1004 7.46      
12 Au 211 209 12.08      
13 Au 83 82 0.78      
14 Bg 1175 1162 0.00      
15 Bg 1022 1010 0.00      
16 Bg 289 286 0.00      
17 Bu 2991 2957 43.45      
18 Bu 2249 2223 5198.13      
19 Bu 1746 1726 849.94      
20 Bu 1453 1436 34.77      
21 Bu 1376 1360 79.57      
22 Bu 1323 1308 157.09      
23 Bu 764 755 16.25      
24 Bu 450 445 123.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14599.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9884) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14429.7 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 LSDA/TZVP
ABC
0.20327 0.08732 0.06108

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.565 -1.115 0.000
C2 -1.565 1.115 0.000
O3 1.565 0.095 0.000
O4 -1.565 -0.095 0.000
O5 0.508 -1.886 0.000
O6 -0.508 1.886 0.000
H7 2.498 -1.712 0.000
H8 -2.498 1.712 0.000
H9 0.321 1.332 0.000
H10 -0.321 -1.332 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.84371.21043.29241.30823.64741.10774.95042.74531.8984
C23.84373.29241.21043.64741.30824.95041.10771.89842.7453
O31.21043.29243.13622.24532.73932.03414.37341.75442.3651
O43.29241.21043.13622.73932.24534.37342.03412.36511.7544
O51.30823.64742.24532.73933.90581.99794.68853.22290.9968
O63.64741.30822.73932.24533.90584.68851.99790.99683.2229
H71.10774.95042.03414.37341.99794.68856.05743.74272.8446
H84.95041.10774.37342.03414.68851.99796.05742.84463.7427
H92.74531.89841.75442.36513.22290.99683.74272.84462.7399
H101.89842.74532.36511.75440.99683.22292.84463.74272.7399

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 134.822 C1 O5 H10 110.165
C2 O4 H10 134.822 C2 O6 H9 110.165
O3 C1 O5 126.081 O3 C1 H7 122.616
O3 H9 O6 168.932 O4 C2 O6 126.081
O4 C2 H8 122.616 O4 H10 O5 168.932
O5 C1 H7 111.303 O6 C2 H8 111.303
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.179      
2 C 0.179      
3 O -0.345      
4 O -0.345      
5 O -0.236      
6 O -0.236      
7 H 0.146      
8 H 0.146      
9 H 0.256      
10 H 0.256      


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 -27.734 -0.607 0.000
y -0.607 -42.629 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.208
Traceless
 xyz
x 10.685 -0.607 0.000
y -0.607 -11.658 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.974
Polar
3z2-r21.947
x2-y214.895
xy-0.607
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.930 -0.325 0.000
y -0.325 6.741 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.495


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 169.468
(<r2>)1/2 13.018