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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.053818
Energy at 298.15K-379.059816
HF Energy-377.701870
Counterpoise corrected energy-379.053818
CP Energy at 298.15K-379.059816
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy237.053367
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/cc-pVTZ
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 3151 2992 0.00      
2 Ag 3129 2971 0.00      
3 Ag 1732 1644 0.00      
4 Ag 1502 1426 0.00      
5 Ag 1434 1362 0.00      
6 Ag 1279 1214 0.00      
7 Ag 697 661 0.00      
8 Ag 216 205 0.00      
9 Ag 172 164 0.00      
10 Au 1140 1083 72.38      
11 Au 1028 976 125.12      
12 Au 189 180 9.26      
13 Au 71 67 1.89      
14 Bg 1113 1057 0.00      
15 Bg 1008 957 0.00      
16 Bg 275 261 0.00      
17 Bu 3261 3096 2223.40      
18 Bu 3139 2981 452.58      
19 Bu 1804 1713 710.76      
20 Bu 1473 1399 1.90      
21 Bu 1428 1356 37.03      
22 Bu 1283 1218 327.95      
23 Bu 729 692 40.19      
24 Bu 290 276 71.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15772.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14974.2 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.20239 0.07800 0.05630

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.626 -0.955 0.000
C2 -1.626 0.955 0.000
O3 1.626 0.264 0.000
O4 -1.626 -0.264 0.000
O5 0.575 -1.733 0.000
O6 -0.575 1.733 0.000
H7 2.550 -1.527 0.000
H8 -2.550 1.527 0.000
H9 0.252 1.176 0.000
H10 -0.252 -1.176 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.77051.21893.32391.30713.47361.08694.85722.53521.8912
C23.77053.32391.21893.47361.30714.85721.08691.89122.5352
O31.21893.32393.29422.25632.64592.01534.36221.64862.3671
O43.32391.21893.29422.64592.25634.36222.01532.36711.6486
O51.30713.47362.25632.64593.65131.98524.51552.92690.9973
O63.47361.30712.64592.25633.65134.51551.98520.99732.9269
H71.08694.85722.01534.36221.98524.51555.94393.54752.8240
H84.85721.08694.36222.01534.51551.98525.94392.82403.5475
H92.53521.89121.64862.36712.92690.99733.54752.82402.4063
H101.89122.53522.36711.64860.99732.92692.82403.54752.4063

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 123.589 C1 O5 H10 109.573
C2 O4 H10 123.589 C2 O6 H9 109.573
O3 C1 O5 126.529 O3 C1 H7 121.761
O3 H9 O6 179.691 O4 C2 O6 126.529
O4 C2 H8 121.761 O4 H10 O5 179.691
O5 C1 H7 111.710 O6 C2 H8 111.710
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability