return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G*

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/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.800185
Energy at 298.15K-378.805960
HF Energy-377.641436
Counterpoise corrected energy-378.800185
CP Energy at 298.15K-378.805960
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy233.101593
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/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3434 3253 0.00      
2 Ag 3154 2987 0.00      
3 Ag 1775 1681 0.00      
4 Ag 1486 1408 0.00      
5 Ag 1425 1349 0.00      
6 Ag 1264 1197 0.00      
7 Ag 685 649 0.00      
8 Ag 199 189 0.00      
9 Ag 164 155 0.00      
10 Au 1110 1051 56.50      
11 Au 959 908 255.46      
12 Au 169 160 4.35      
13 Au 71 67 1.88      
14 Bg 1093 1035 0.00      
15 Bg 925 876 0.00      
16 Bg 258 244 0.00      
17 Bu 3500 3315 1387.09      
18 Bu 3150 2984 175.75      
19 Bu 1821 1725 726.50      
20 Bu 1465 1387 0.47      
21 Bu 1418 1343 37.04      
22 Bu 1266 1199 394.50      
23 Bu 700 663 57.07      
24 Bu 250 237 43.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15870.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15030.6 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
0.20221 0.07205 0.05312

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.645 -1.035 0.000
C2 -1.645 1.035 0.000
O3 1.645 0.183 0.000
O4 -1.645 -0.183 0.000
O5 0.588 -1.820 0.000
O6 -0.588 1.820 0.000
H7 2.569 -1.623 0.000
H8 -2.569 1.623 0.000
H9 0.231 1.276 0.000
H10 -0.231 -1.276 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.88761.21793.39921.31693.62441.09494.98252.70951.8921
C23.88763.39921.21793.62441.31694.98251.09491.89212.7095
O31.21793.39923.31092.26472.76872.02814.45371.78742.3771
O43.39921.21793.31092.76872.26474.45372.02812.37711.7874
O51.31693.62442.26472.76873.82451.99144.67073.11630.9830
O63.62441.31692.76872.26473.82454.67071.99140.98303.1163
H71.09494.98252.02814.45371.99144.67076.07753.72412.8220
H84.98251.09494.45372.02814.67071.99146.07752.82203.7241
H92.70951.89211.78742.37713.11630.98303.72412.82202.5939
H101.89212.70952.37711.78740.98303.11632.82203.72412.5939

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 127.711 C1 O5 H10 109.859
C2 O4 H10 127.711 C2 O6 H9 109.859
O3 C1 O5 126.572 O3 C1 H7 122.446
O3 H9 O6 175.857 O4 C2 O6 126.572
O4 C2 H8 122.446 O4 H10 O5 175.857
O5 C1 H7 110.982 O6 C2 H8 110.982
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability