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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.597815
Energy at 298.15K-378.603567
HF Energy-377.569127
Counterpoise corrected energy-378.597815
CP Energy at 298.15K-378.603567
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy233.581491
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 MP2=FULL/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 3288 3088 0.00      
2 Ag 3206 3012 0.00      
3 Ag 1731 1626 0.00      
4 Ag 1472 1383 0.00      
5 Ag 1421 1334 0.00      
6 Ag 1255 1179 0.00      
7 Ag 674 633 0.00      
8 Ag 193 181 0.00      
9 Ag 160 150 0.00      
10 Au 1116 1048 84.42      
11 Au 983 924 180.82      
12 Au 174 164 8.99      
13 Au 69 65 2.39      
14 Bg 1089 1022 0.00      
15 Bg 962 904 0.00      
16 Bg 249 234 0.00      
17 Bu 3377 3172 1960.79      
18 Bu 3203 3008 221.62      
19 Bu 1787 1678 794.37      
20 Bu 1460 1372 5.17      
21 Bu 1406 1321 34.92      
22 Bu 1260 1183 378.50      
23 Bu 697 655 47.38      
24 Bu 247 232 57.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15739.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14782.6 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
0.19961 0.07429 0.05414

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.636 -1.016 0.000
C2 -1.636 1.016 0.000
O3 1.636 0.215 0.000
O4 -1.636 -0.215 0.000
O5 0.569 -1.798 0.000
O6 -0.569 1.798 0.000
H7 2.558 -1.597 0.000
H8 -2.558 1.597 0.000
H9 0.255 1.239 0.000
H10 -0.255 -1.239 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.85121.23103.36811.32243.57471.08984.94102.64471.9036
C23.85123.36811.23103.57471.32244.94101.08981.90362.6447
O31.23103.36813.29962.27782.71412.03304.41541.71962.3852
O43.36811.23103.29962.71412.27784.41542.03302.38521.7196
O51.32243.57472.27782.71413.77121.99894.61533.05340.9951
O63.57471.32242.71412.27783.77124.61531.99890.99513.0534
H71.08984.94102.03304.41541.99894.61536.03083.65372.8351
H84.94101.08984.41542.03304.61531.99896.03082.83513.6537
H92.64471.90361.71962.38523.05340.99513.65372.83512.5307
H101.90362.64472.38521.71960.99513.05342.83513.65372.5307

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 126.570 C1 O5 H10 109.644
C2 O4 H10 126.570 C2 O6 H9 109.644
O3 C1 O5 126.234 O3 C1 H7 122.206
O3 H9 O6 177.552 O4 C2 O6 126.234
O4 C2 H8 122.206 O4 H10 O5 177.552
O5 C1 H7 111.559 O6 C2 H8 111.559
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability