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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.259110
Energy at 298.15K-379.265199
HF Energy-379.259110
Nuclear repulsion energy235.034168
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 B3PW91/6-31G
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 3191 3056 0.00      
2 Ag 2765 2648 0.00      
3 Ag 1646 1576 0.00      
4 Ag 1479 1417 0.00      
5 Ag 1410 1350 0.00      
6 Ag 1251 1198 0.00      
7 Ag 670 641 0.00      
8 Ag 238 228 0.00      
9 Ag 182 174 0.00      
10 Au 1148 1099 296.17      
11 Au 1022 979 132.04      
12 Au 199 191 12.27      
13 Au 94 90 1.55      
14 Bg 1097 1050 0.00      
15 Bg 1029 985 0.00      
16 Bg 284 272 0.00      
17 Bu 3191 3056 14.35      
18 Bu 2929 2805 2796.47      
19 Bu 1704 1632 651.10      
20 Bu 1461 1400 54.78      
21 Bu 1416 1356 110.54      
22 Bu 1244 1192 315.25      
23 Bu 707 677 35.52      
24 Bu 321 308 83.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15338.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14689.3 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 B3PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.19522 0.07927 0.05638

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.603 -1.097 0.000
C2 -1.603 1.097 0.000
O3 1.603 0.136 0.000
O4 -1.603 -0.136 0.000
O5 0.522 -1.881 0.000
O6 -0.522 1.881 0.000
H7 2.524 -1.687 0.000
H8 -2.524 1.687 0.000
H9 0.347 1.396 0.000
H10 -0.347 -1.396 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.88511.23303.34691.33513.65871.09344.97812.79161.9721
C23.88513.34691.23303.65871.33514.97811.09341.97212.7916
O31.23303.34693.21722.28812.74982.04194.40861.77932.4788
O43.34691.23303.21722.74982.28814.40862.04192.47881.7793
O51.33513.65872.28812.74983.90422.01134.69103.28130.9950
O63.65871.33512.74982.28813.90424.69102.01130.99503.2813
H71.09344.97812.04194.40862.01134.69106.07123.77372.8851
H84.97811.09344.40862.04194.69102.01136.07122.88513.7737
H92.79161.97211.77932.47883.28130.99503.77372.88512.8758
H101.97212.79162.47881.77930.99503.28132.88513.77372.8758

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 135.081 C1 O5 H10 114.851
C2 O4 H10 135.081 C2 O6 H9 114.851
O3 C1 O5 125.940 O3 C1 H7 122.618
O3 H9 O6 164.127 O4 C2 O6 125.940
O4 C2 H8 122.618 O4 H10 O5 164.127
O5 C1 H7 111.442 O6 C2 H8 111.442
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.383      
2 C 0.383      
3 O -0.490      
4 O -0.490      
5 O -0.545      
6 O -0.545      
7 H 0.205      
8 H 0.205      
9 H 0.448      
10 H 0.448      


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 -26.883 -0.251 0.000
y -0.251 -43.280 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.622
Traceless
 xyz
x 11.569 -0.251 0.000
y -0.251 -13.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.459
Polar
3z2-r22.919
x2-y216.398
xy-0.251
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.373 -0.483 0.000
y -0.483 5.930 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.091


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 181.544
(<r2>)1/2 13.474