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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

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/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.588967
Energy at 298.15K-379.594772
HF Energy-379.588967
Nuclear repulsion energy232.488818
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/6-311G*
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 2994 2986 0.00      
2 Ag 2979 2972 0.00      
3 Ag 1648 1644 0.00      
4 Ag 1435 1431 0.00      
5 Ag 1363 1360 0.00      
6 Ag 1192 1189 0.00      
7 Ag 661 660 0.00      
8 Ag 207 206 0.00      
9 Ag 173 172 0.00      
10 Au 1056 1054 109.16      
11 Au 944 942 149.30      
12 Au 179 179 4.79      
13 Au 74 74 1.73      
14 Bg 1026 1023 0.00      
15 Bg 932 930 0.00      
16 Bg 270 270 0.00      
17 Bu 3093 3085 1577.21      
18 Bu 2974 2967 571.31      
19 Bu 1710 1706 701.03      
20 Bu 1411 1407 0.25      
21 Bu 1362 1359 39.53      
22 Bu 1195 1192 318.73      
23 Bu 689 688 37.00      
24 Bu 271 270 57.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14919.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14882.0 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.19636 0.07383 0.05366

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.661 -0.980 0.000
C2 -1.661 0.980 0.000
O3 1.661 0.250 0.000
O4 -1.661 -0.250 0.000
O5 0.600 -1.780 0.000
O6 -0.600 1.780 0.000
H7 2.598 -1.565 0.000
H8 -2.598 1.565 0.000
H9 0.250 1.236 0.000
H10 -0.250 -1.236 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.85751.23043.40161.32843.56821.10434.96162.62701.9287
C23.85753.40161.23043.56821.32844.96161.10431.92872.6270
O31.23043.40163.35992.29052.73032.04284.45731.72092.4214
O43.40161.23043.35992.73032.29054.45732.04282.42141.7209
O51.32843.56822.29052.73033.75672.00884.62793.03601.0099
O63.56821.32842.73032.29053.75674.62792.00881.00993.0360
H71.10434.96162.04284.45732.00884.62796.06573.65462.8672
H84.96161.10434.45732.04284.62792.00886.06572.86723.6546
H92.62701.92871.72092.42143.03601.00993.65462.86722.5221
H101.92872.62702.42141.72091.00993.03602.86723.65462.5221

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 124.938 C1 O5 H10 110.402
C2 O4 H10 124.938 C2 O6 H9 110.402
O3 C1 O5 127.014 O3 C1 H7 121.990
O3 H9 O6 177.646 O4 C2 O6 127.014
O4 C2 H8 121.990 O4 H10 O5 177.646
O5 C1 H7 110.996 O6 C2 H8 110.996
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.168      
2 C 0.168      
3 O -0.346      
4 O -0.346      
5 O -0.408      
6 O -0.408      
7 H 0.193      
8 H 0.193      
9 H 0.392      
10 H 0.392      


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 -31.323 -6.030 0.000
y -6.030 -37.966 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.862
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.591 -6.030 0.000
y -6.030 -5.374 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.783
Polar
3z2-r21.566
x2-y26.643
xy-6.030
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.781 -0.796 0.000
y -0.796 6.959 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.851


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 189.302
(<r2>)1/2 13.759