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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-374.339836
Energy at 298.15K-374.346468
HF Energy-374.339836
Nuclear repulsion energy239.188890
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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
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 3315 2914 0.00      
2 Ag 2250 1978 0.00      
3 Ag 1854 1630 0.00      
4 Ag 1465 1287 0.00      
5 Ag 1392 1223 0.00      
6 Ag 1101 968 0.00      
7 Ag 730 642 0.00      
8 Ag 550 483 0.00      
9 Ag 250 220 0.00      
10 Au 1477 1298 192.34      
11 Au 975 857 8.62      
12 Au 247 217 5.24      
13 Au 95 83 0.00      
14 Bg 1474 1295 0.00      
15 Bg 998 877 0.00      
16 Bg 334 293 0.00      
17 Bu 3313 2912 0.36      
18 Bu 2848 2503 6336.57      
19 Bu 1842 1619 203.08      
20 Bu 1787 1571 93.49      
21 Bu 1456 1280 52.52      
22 Bu 1362 1197 78.24      
23 Bu 781 687 5.06      
24 Bu 664 584 1.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16279.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14307.7 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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
ABC
0.18405 0.09231 0.06148

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.790 0.008 0.000
C2 -1.790 -0.008 0.000
O3 1.224 -1.147 0.000
O4 -1.224 1.147 0.000
O5 1.224 1.216 0.000
O6 -1.224 -1.216 0.000
H7 2.912 0.066 0.000
H8 -2.912 -0.066 0.000
H9 -0.139 -1.151 0.000
H10 0.139 1.151 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.58041.28593.22271.33423.25341.12374.70312.25022.0090
C23.58043.22271.28593.25341.33424.70311.12372.00902.2502
O31.28593.22273.35552.36302.44972.07854.27581.36302.5420
O43.22271.28593.35552.44972.36304.27582.07852.54201.3630
O51.33423.25342.36302.44973.45122.04274.33082.73171.0877
O63.25341.33422.44972.36303.45124.33082.04271.08772.7317
H71.12374.70312.07854.27582.04274.33085.82633.28482.9787
H84.70311.12374.27582.07854.33082.04275.82632.97873.2848
H92.25022.00901.36302.54202.73171.08773.28482.97872.3195
H102.00902.25022.54201.36301.08772.73172.97873.28482.3195

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 116.289 C1 O5 H10 111.689
C2 O4 H10 116.289 C2 O6 H9 111.689
O3 C1 O5 128.804 O3 C1 H7 119.066
O3 H9 O6 176.782 O4 C2 O6 128.804
O4 C2 H8 119.066 O4 H10 O5 176.782
O5 C1 H7 112.129 O6 C2 H8 112.129
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.158      
2 C 0.158      
3 O -0.243      
4 O -0.243      
5 O -0.243      
6 O -0.243      
7 H 0.091      
8 H 0.091      
9 H 0.237      
10 H 0.237      


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 -37.280 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 -27.680 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.806
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.538 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 5.864 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.674
Polar
3z2-r25.348
x2-y2-9.601
xy-0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.895 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.175 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.780


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 166.369
(<r2>)1/2 12.898