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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.454002
Energy at 298.15K-377.460414
HF Energy-377.454002
Nuclear repulsion energy236.505236
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 TPSSh/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 3124 3017 0.00      
2 Ag 2141 2067 0.00      
3 Ag 1618 1562 0.00      
4 Ag 1456 1406 0.00      
5 Ag 1358 1312 0.00      
6 Ag 1259 1216 0.00      
7 Ag 675 652 0.00      
8 Ag 307 296 0.00      
9 Ag 193 186 0.00      
10 Au 1243 1200 328.58      
11 Au 1040 1004 36.91      
12 Au 218 210 13.21      
13 Au 94 91 0.55      
14 Bg 1191 1150 0.00      
15 Bg 1059 1022 0.00      
16 Bg 314 303 0.00      
17 Bu 3122 3015 61.85      
18 Bu 2420 2337 4023.25      
19 Bu 1665 1608 517.69      
20 Bu 1508 1457 133.80      
21 Bu 1427 1378 105.06      
22 Bu 1253 1210 185.16      
23 Bu 731 706 13.50      
24 Bu 437 422 94.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14925.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14413.1 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 TPSSh/3-21G*
ABC
0.19142 0.08357 0.05817

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.826 0.011 0.000
C2 1.826 -0.011 0.000
O3 -1.256 1.146 0.000
O4 1.256 -1.146 0.000
O5 -1.256 -1.170 0.000
O6 1.256 1.170 0.000
H7 -2.916 -0.034 0.000
H8 2.916 0.034 0.000
H9 0.175 1.207 0.000
H10 -0.175 -1.207 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.65181.26933.29191.31173.29241.09144.74222.33102.0513
C23.65183.29191.26933.29241.31174.74221.09142.05132.3310
O31.26933.29193.40002.31562.51212.03694.31781.43272.5886
O43.29191.26933.40002.51212.31564.31782.03692.58861.4327
O51.31173.29242.31562.51213.43302.01154.34262.77441.0812
O63.29241.31172.51212.31563.43304.34262.01151.08122.7744
H71.09144.74222.03694.31782.01154.34265.83303.33152.9811
H84.74221.09144.31782.03694.34262.01155.83302.98113.3315
H92.33102.05131.43272.58862.77441.08123.33152.98112.4387
H102.05132.33102.58861.43271.08122.77442.98113.33152.4387

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 119.119 C1 O5 H10 117.696
C2 O4 H10 119.119 C2 O6 H9 117.696
O3 C1 O5 127.571 O3 C1 H7 119.082
O3 H9 O6 175.614 O4 C2 O6 127.571
O4 C2 H8 119.082 O4 H10 O5 175.614
O5 C1 H7 113.347 O6 C2 H8 113.347
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.438      
2 C 0.438      
3 O -0.519      
4 O -0.519      
5 O -0.558      
6 O -0.558      
7 H 0.240      
8 H 0.240      
9 H 0.399      
10 H 0.399      


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


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.547 0.359 0.000
y 0.359 5.286 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.727


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 176.236
(<r2>)1/2 13.275