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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.510024
Energy at 298.15K-379.515827
HF Energy-379.510024
Nuclear repulsion energy233.228830
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
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 3015 2999 0.00      
2 Ag 2834 2819 0.00      
3 Ag 1613 1605 0.00      
4 Ag 1427 1420 0.00      
5 Ag 1355 1347 0.00      
6 Ag 1205 1198 0.00      
7 Ag 656 652 0.00      
8 Ag 200 199 0.00      
9 Ag 169 168 0.00      
10 Au 1073 1068 138.07      
11 Au 967 961 82.13      
12 Au 184 184 8.76      
13 Au 77 76 2.04      
14 Bg 1032 1027 0.00      
15 Bg 966 961 0.00      
16 Bg 260 258 0.00      
17 Bu 3025 3009 118.04      
18 Bu 2948 2932 2775.52      
19 Bu 1688 1680 768.71      
20 Bu 1406 1399 0.95      
21 Bu 1351 1344 38.13      
22 Bu 1208 1202 309.95      
23 Bu 693 689 30.12      
24 Bu 271 270 77.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14811.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14732.7 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.19526 0.07596 0.05468

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.600 -1.121 0.000
C2 -1.600 1.121 0.000
O3 1.600 0.108 0.000
O4 -1.600 -0.108 0.000
O5 0.526 -1.908 0.000
O6 -0.526 1.908 0.000
H7 2.533 -1.717 0.000
H8 -2.533 1.717 0.000
H9 0.312 1.366 0.000
H10 -0.312 -1.366 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.90651.22823.35611.33193.70041.10735.01302.80081.9271
C23.90653.35611.22823.70041.33195.01301.10731.92712.8008
O31.22823.35613.20692.28422.78592.04934.43491.80112.4137
O43.35611.22823.20692.78592.28424.43492.04932.41371.8011
O51.33193.70042.28422.78593.95902.01604.74333.28170.9975
O63.70041.33192.78592.28423.95904.74332.01600.99753.2817
H71.10735.01302.04934.43492.01604.74336.11983.80012.8658
H85.01301.10734.43492.04934.74332.01606.11982.86583.8001
H92.80081.92711.80112.41373.28170.99753.80012.86582.8029
H101.92712.80082.41371.80110.99753.28172.86583.80012.8029

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 134.334 C1 O5 H10 110.826
C2 O4 H10 134.334 C2 O6 H9 110.826
O3 C1 O5 126.263 O3 C1 H7 122.587
O3 H9 O6 168.577 O4 C2 O6 126.263
O4 C2 H8 122.587 O4 H10 O5 168.577
O5 C1 H7 111.150 O6 C2 H8 111.150
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.338      
2 C 0.338      
3 O -0.490      
4 O -0.490      
5 O -0.406      
6 O -0.406      
7 H 0.131      
8 H 0.131      
9 H 0.427      
10 H 0.427      


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 -31.776 -6.950 0.000
y -6.950 -38.772 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.688
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.954 -6.950 0.000
y -6.950 -5.541 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.586
Polar
3z2-r21.173
x2-y26.997
xy-6.950
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.675 -0.494 0.000
y -0.494 8.142 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.991


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 186.609
(<r2>)1/2 13.660