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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.958716
Energy at 298.15K-378.964640
HF Energy-378.718218
Nuclear repulsion energy232.030956
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 B2PLYP/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 3209 3209 0.00      
2 Ag 3015 3015 0.00      
3 Ag 1631 1631 0.00      
4 Ag 1464 1464 0.00      
5 Ag 1413 1413 0.00      
6 Ag 1206 1206 0.00      
7 Ag 656 656 0.00      
8 Ag 223 223 0.00      
9 Ag 174 174 0.00      
10 Au 1115 1115 203.41      
11 Au 987 987 235.36      
12 Au 187 187 9.79      
13 Au 89 89 1.49      
14 Bg 1078 1078 0.00      
15 Bg 979 979 0.00      
16 Bg 272 272 0.00      
17 Bu 3214 3214 24.90      
18 Bu 3127 3127 2103.98      
19 Bu 1668 1668 577.65      
20 Bu 1452 1452 14.24      
21 Bu 1413 1413 121.67      
22 Bu 1200 1200 338.23      
23 Bu 683 683 40.61      
24 Bu 288 288 63.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15370.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15370.4 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 B2PLYP/6-31G
ABC
0.19271 0.07561 0.05431

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.609 -1.100 0.000
C2 -1.609 1.100 0.000
O3 1.609 0.139 0.000
O4 -1.609 -0.139 0.000
O5 0.523 -1.888 0.000
O6 -0.523 1.888 0.000
H7 2.529 -1.688 0.000
H8 -2.529 1.688 0.000
H9 0.346 1.405 0.000
H10 -0.346 -1.405 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.89731.23833.35801.34213.66991.09204.98892.80481.9786
C23.89733.35801.23833.66991.34214.98891.09201.97862.8048
O31.23833.35803.22962.29942.75732.04554.41801.78822.4908
O43.35801.23833.22962.75732.29944.41802.04552.49081.7882
O51.34213.66992.29942.75733.91792.01584.70103.29760.9940
O63.66991.34212.75732.29943.91794.70102.01580.99403.2976
H71.09204.98892.04554.41802.01584.70106.08073.78562.8885
H84.98891.09204.41802.04554.70102.01586.08072.88853.7856
H92.80481.97861.78822.49083.29760.99403.78562.88852.8937
H101.97862.80482.49081.78820.99403.29762.88853.78562.8937

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 135.075 C1 O5 H10 114.946
C2 O4 H10 135.075 C2 O6 H9 114.946
O3 C1 O5 125.975 O3 C1 H7 122.621
O3 H9 O6 164.004 O4 C2 O6 125.975
O4 C2 H8 122.621 O4 H10 O5 164.004
O5 C1 H7 111.404 O6 C2 H8 111.404
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.406      
2 C 0.406      
3 O -0.476      
4 O -0.476      
5 O -0.558      
6 O -0.558      
7 H 0.185      
8 H 0.185      
9 H 0.442      
10 H 0.442      


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 -27.276 -0.080 0.000
y -0.080 -43.570 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.896
Traceless
 xyz
x 11.457 -0.080 0.000
y -0.080 -12.983 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.527
Polar
3z2-r23.054
x2-y216.293
xy-0.080
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.317 -0.514 0.000
y -0.514 6.143 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.056


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 187.761
(<r2>)1/2 13.703