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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.498213
Energy at 298.15K-379.504145
HF Energy-379.498213
Nuclear repulsion energy235.728230
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3162 3045 0.00      
2 Ag 3092 2977 0.00      
3 Ag 1748 1683 0.00      
4 Ag 1479 1424 0.00      
5 Ag 1414 1361 0.00      
6 Ag 1275 1228 0.00      
7 Ag 691 665 0.00      
8 Ag 214 206 0.00      
9 Ag 174 168 0.00      
10 Au 1100 1059 83.16      
11 Au 993 956 208.27      
12 Au 185 178 6.48      
13 Au 77 74 2.17      
14 Bg 1076 1036 0.00      
15 Bg 970 933 0.00      
16 Bg 275 264 0.00      
17 Bu 3262 3140 1845.61      
18 Bu 3085 2970 368.88      
19 Bu 1816 1748 829.46      
20 Bu 1451 1396 0.21      
21 Bu 1411 1358 55.03      
22 Bu 1275 1227 350.13      
23 Bu 719 692 49.69      
24 Bu 280 270 61.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15610.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15028.4 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.20295 0.07580 0.05519

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.629 -0.986 0.000
C2 -1.629 0.986 0.000
O3 1.629 0.230 0.000
O4 -1.629 -0.230 0.000
O5 0.580 -1.766 0.000
O6 -0.580 1.766 0.000
H7 2.561 -1.565 0.000
H8 -2.561 1.565 0.000
H9 0.258 1.229 0.000
H10 -0.258 -1.229 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.80801.21613.34431.30733.52871.09734.90522.60421.9029
C23.80803.34431.21613.52871.30734.90521.09731.90292.6042
O31.21613.34433.29032.25522.69032.02284.39731.69552.3854
O43.34431.21613.29032.69032.25524.39732.02282.38541.6955
O51.30733.52872.25522.69033.71771.99114.57833.01180.9959
O63.52871.30732.69032.25523.71774.57831.99110.99593.0118
H71.09734.90522.02284.39731.99114.57836.00243.62012.8393
H84.90521.09734.39732.02284.57831.99116.00242.83933.6201
H92.60421.90291.69552.38543.01180.99593.62012.83932.5109
H101.90292.60422.38541.69550.99593.01182.83933.62012.5109

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 126.067 C1 O5 H10 110.694
C2 O4 H10 126.067 C2 O6 H9 110.694
O3 C1 O5 126.644 O3 C1 H7 121.855
O3 H9 O6 176.595 O4 C2 O6 126.644
O4 C2 H8 121.855 O4 H10 O5 176.595
O5 C1 H7 111.501 O6 C2 H8 111.501
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.210      
2 C 0.210      
3 O -0.401      
4 O -0.401      
5 O -0.453      
6 O -0.453      
7 H 0.214      
8 H 0.214      
9 H 0.430      
10 H 0.430      


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 -30.658 -6.481 0.000
y -6.481 -37.480 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.456
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.810 -6.481 0.000
y -6.481 -5.423 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.613
Polar
3z2-r21.226
x2-y26.822
xy-6.481
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.195 -0.656 0.000
y -0.656 6.551 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.771


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 184.408
(<r2>)1/2 13.580