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/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 MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-372.793957
Energy at 298.15K-372.800260
HF Energy-372.448099
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy237.080197
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/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 3366 2935 0.00      
2 Ag 2619 2284 0.00      
3 Ag 1842 1606 0.00      
4 Ag 1616 1409 0.00      
5 Ag 1476 1287 0.00      
6 Ag 1350 1177 0.00      
7 Ag 679 592 0.00      
8 Ag 340 296 0.00      
9 Ag 194 169 0.00      
10 Au 1411 1230 185.20      
11 Au 969 845 17.02      
12 Au 239 208 2.35      
13 Au 89 77 0.00      
14 Bg 1399 1220 0.00      
15 Bg 1000 872 0.00      
16 Bg 332 290 0.00      
17 Bu 3369 2937 72.43      
18 Bu 3218 2806 5200.55      
19 Bu 1904 1660 214.40      
20 Bu 1785 1557 37.18      
21 Bu 1499 1307 30.76      
22 Bu 1332 1161 114.62      
23 Bu 762 664 10.60      
24 Bu 582 508 104.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16685.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14547.7 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
0.18419 0.08862 0.05983

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.911 -0.289 0.000
C2 -1.911 0.289 0.000
O3 1.335 0.819 0.000
O4 -1.335 -0.819 0.000
O5 1.335 -1.520 0.000
O6 -1.335 1.520 0.000
H7 3.025 -0.402 0.000
H8 -3.025 0.402 0.000
H9 -0.336 1.394 0.000
H10 0.336 -1.394 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.86611.24873.28921.35983.71631.11924.98432.80801.9240
C23.86613.28921.24873.71631.35984.98431.11921.92402.8080
O31.24873.28923.13192.33922.76032.08504.37951.76752.4276
O43.28921.24873.13192.76032.33924.37952.08502.42761.7675
O51.35983.71632.33922.76034.04632.02634.76473.35951.0063
O63.71631.35982.76032.33924.04634.76472.02631.00633.3595
H71.11924.98432.08504.37952.02634.76476.10293.81122.8654
H84.98431.11924.37952.08504.76472.02636.10292.86543.8112
H92.80801.92401.76752.42763.35951.00633.81122.86542.8681
H101.92402.80802.42761.76751.00633.35952.86543.81122.8681

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 136.488 C1 O5 H10 107.876
C2 O4 H10 136.488 C2 O6 H9 107.876
O3 C1 O5 127.416 O3 C1 H7 123.318
O3 H9 O6 168.220 O4 C2 O6 127.416
O4 C2 H8 123.318 O4 H10 O5 168.220
O5 C1 H7 109.266 O6 C2 H8 109.266
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability