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

using model chemistry: BLYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at BLYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.640997
Energy at 298.15K-379.646781
HF Energy-379.640997
Nuclear repulsion energy233.082692
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 BLYP/TZVP
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 2989 2981 0.00      
2 Ag 2905 2898 0.00      
3 Ag 1622 1618 0.00      
4 Ag 1426 1422 0.00      
5 Ag 1358 1355 0.00      
6 Ag 1186 1183 0.00      
7 Ag 660 659 0.00      
8 Ag 199 198 0.00      
9 Ag 169 168 0.00      
10 Au 1061 1058 108.59      
11 Au 953 951 126.19      
12 Au 179 178 7.31      
13 Au 76 76 2.13      
14 Bg 1029 1027 0.00      
15 Bg 939 937 0.00      
16 Bg 256 256 0.00      
17 Bu 3032 3024 1340.17      
18 Bu 2969 2962 1226.51      
19 Bu 1687 1683 721.93      
20 Bu 1407 1404 2.92      
21 Bu 1355 1352 36.61      
22 Bu 1191 1188 327.09      
23 Bu 692 690 32.29      
24 Bu 265 265 69.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14802.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14765.6 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 BLYP/TZVP
ABC
0.19697 0.07476 0.05419

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/TZVP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.597 -1.116 0.000
C2 -1.597 1.116 0.000
O3 1.597 0.105 0.000
O4 -1.597 -0.105 0.000
O5 0.528 -1.905 0.000
O6 -0.528 1.905 0.000
H7 2.528 -1.710 0.000
H8 -2.528 1.710 0.000
H9 0.309 1.366 0.000
H10 -0.309 -1.366 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.89661.22153.34981.32813.69381.10445.00022.79621.9218
C23.89663.34981.22153.69381.32815.00021.10441.92182.7962
O31.22153.34983.20052.27662.78492.04024.42601.80212.4071
O43.34981.22153.20052.78492.27664.42602.04022.40711.8021
O51.32813.69382.27662.78493.95392.00924.73393.27800.9959
O63.69381.32812.78492.27663.95394.73392.00920.99593.2780
H71.10445.00022.04024.42602.00924.73396.10413.79272.8576
H85.00021.10444.42602.04024.73392.00926.10412.85763.7927
H92.79621.92181.80212.40713.27800.99593.79272.85762.8000
H101.92182.79622.40711.80210.99593.27802.85763.79272.8000

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 134.375 C1 O5 H10 110.759
C2 O4 H10 134.375 C2 O6 H9 110.759
O3 C1 O5 126.437 O3 C1 H7 122.521
O3 H9 O6 168.429 O4 C2 O6 126.437
O4 C2 H8 122.521 O4 H10 O5 168.429
O5 C1 H7 111.042 O6 C2 H8 111.042
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.220      
2 C 0.220      
3 O -0.376      
4 O -0.376      
5 O -0.242      
6 O -0.242      
7 H 0.111      
8 H 0.111      
9 H 0.287      
10 H 0.287      


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 -31.821 -6.616 0.000
y -6.616 -38.499 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.335
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.596 -6.616 0.000
y -6.616 -5.420 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.825
Polar
3z2-r21.650
x2-y26.677
xy-6.616
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.238 -0.639 0.000
y -0.639 7.635 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.534


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 187.986
(<r2>)1/2 13.711