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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

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/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.695925
Energy at 298.15K-378.701797
HF Energy-377.609513
Counterpoise corrected energy-378.695925
CP Energy at 298.15K-378.701797
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy234.256911
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3161 3063 0.00      
2 Ag 3135 3038 0.00      
3 Ag 1691 1639 0.00      
4 Ag 1478 1433 0.00      
5 Ag 1394 1351 0.00      
6 Ag 1241 1203 0.00      
7 Ag 672 652 0.00      
8 Ag 211 205 0.00      
9 Ag 170 165 0.00      
10 Au 1110 1076 73.89      
11 Au 985 955 110.72      
12 Au 176 171 9.41      
13 Au 69 67 2.08      
14 Bg 1080 1047 0.00      
15 Bg 970 941 0.00      
16 Bg 259 251 0.00      
17 Bu 3248 3148 2013.45      
18 Bu 3151 3054 468.41      
19 Bu 1753 1699 742.79      
20 Bu 1453 1408 2.73      
21 Bu 1389 1346 26.62      
22 Bu 1248 1210 337.95      
23 Bu 704 683 38.88      
24 Bu 278 269 65.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15513.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15035.8 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.19815 0.07599 0.05492

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.641 -0.978 0.000
C2 -1.641 0.978 0.000
O3 1.641 0.255 0.000
O4 -1.641 -0.255 0.000
O5 0.574 -1.762 0.000
O6 -0.574 1.762 0.000
H7 2.574 -1.562 0.000
H8 -2.574 1.562 0.000
H9 0.252 1.196 0.000
H10 -0.252 -1.196 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.82001.23263.36011.32413.52331.10064.92032.58001.9050
C23.82003.36011.23263.52331.32414.92031.10061.90502.5800
O31.23263.36013.32072.28182.67922.04224.41231.67802.3848
O43.36011.23263.32072.67922.28184.41232.04222.38481.6780
O51.32413.52332.28182.67923.70702.00954.57802.97621.0012
O63.52331.32412.67922.28183.70704.57802.00951.00122.9762
H71.10064.92032.04224.41232.00954.57806.02083.60532.8488
H84.92031.10064.41232.04224.57802.00956.02082.84883.6053
H92.58001.90501.67802.38482.97621.00123.60532.84882.4451
H101.90502.58002.38481.67801.00122.97622.84883.60532.4451

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 124.133 C1 O5 H10 109.238
C2 O4 H10 124.133 C2 O6 H9 109.238
O3 C1 O5 126.335 O3 C1 H7 122.052
O3 H9 O6 179.707 O4 C2 O6 126.335
O4 C2 H8 122.052 O4 H10 O5 179.707
O5 C1 H7 111.613 O6 C2 H8 111.613
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability