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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-376.126374
Energy at 298.15K-376.132577
HF Energy-375.434500
Counterpoise corrected energy-376.126374
CP Energy at 298.15K-376.132577
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy232.740799
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/3-21G*
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 3172 3007 0.00      
2 Ag 2825 2678 0.00      
3 Ag 1650 1564 0.00      
4 Ag 1521 1442 0.00      
5 Ag 1463 1387 0.00      
6 Ag 1225 1161 0.00      
7 Ag 682 647 0.00      
8 Ag 252 239 0.00      
9 Ag 186 177 0.00      
10 Au 1186 1124 252.42      
11 Au 1035 981 145.23      
12 Au 208 197 9.35      
13 Au 92 87 0.38      
14 Bg 1134 1075 0.00      
15 Bg 1050 995 0.00      
16 Bg 307 291 0.00      
17 Bu 3174 3009 4.83      
18 Bu 2987 2832 2536.44      
19 Bu 1693 1605 445.21      
20 Bu 1505 1426 22.15      
21 Bu 1468 1392 117.89      
22 Bu 1220 1156 299.18      
23 Bu 719 681 24.88      
24 Bu 344 326 72.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15547.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14739.3 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.19059 0.07761 0.05515

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.894 -0.101 0.000
C2 -1.894 0.101 0.000
O3 1.313 1.013 0.000
O4 -1.313 -1.013 0.000
O5 1.313 -1.312 0.000
O6 -1.313 1.312 0.000
H7 2.979 -0.183 0.000
H8 -2.979 0.183 0.000
H9 -0.285 1.253 0.000
H10 0.285 -1.253 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.79251.25633.33331.34243.50381.08864.88092.56481.9784
C23.79253.33331.25633.50381.34244.88091.08861.97842.5648
O31.25633.33333.31592.32422.64242.05104.37121.61542.4878
O43.33331.25633.31592.64242.32424.37122.05102.48781.6154
O51.34243.50382.32422.64243.71132.01234.54473.02121.0297
O63.50381.34242.64242.32423.71134.54472.01231.02973.0212
H71.08864.88092.05104.37122.01234.54475.96933.56572.8988
H84.88091.08864.37122.05104.54472.01235.96932.89883.5657
H92.56481.97841.61542.48783.02121.02973.56572.89882.5694
H101.97842.56482.48781.61541.02973.02122.89883.56572.5694

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 126.083 C1 O5 H10 112.361
C2 O4 H10 126.083 C2 O6 H9 112.361
O3 C1 O5 126.829 O3 C1 H7 121.853
O3 H9 O6 174.727 O4 C2 O6 126.829
O4 C2 H8 121.853 O4 H10 O5 174.727
O5 C1 H7 111.318 O6 C2 H8 111.318
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability