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

using model chemistry: LSDA/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at LSDA/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-375.593973
Energy at 298.15K-375.600633
HF Energy-375.593973
Nuclear repulsion energy240.247540
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 LSDA/3-21G
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 3032 2982 0.00      
2 Ag 1786 1756 0.00      
3 Ag 1602 1576 0.00      
4 Ag 1411 1388 0.00      
5 Ag 1343 1321 0.00      
6 Ag 806 793 0.00      
7 Ag 719 707 0.00      
8 Ag 484 477 0.00      
9 Ag 177 174 0.00      
10 Au 1308 1287 323.77      
11 Au 1035 1018 7.16      
12 Au 226 222 11.49      
13 Au 99 98 0.00      
14 Bg 1265 1245 0.00      
15 Bg 1047 1030 0.00      
16 Bg 325 320 0.00      
17 Bu 3028 2979 68.52      
18 Bu 1964 1932 5267.92      
19 Bu 1691 1663 412.70      
20 Bu 1497 1472 215.20      
21 Bu 1396 1373 37.55      
22 Bu 1333 1311 66.89      
23 Bu 765 753 14.21      
24 Bu 557 547 5.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14448.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9836) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14211.2 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 LSDA/3-21G
ABC
0.19387 0.08882 0.06091

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.791 -0.000 0.000
C2 -1.791 0.000 0.000
O3 1.225 1.147 0.000
O4 -1.225 -1.147 0.000
O5 1.225 -1.147 0.000
O6 -1.225 1.147 0.000
H7 2.893 -0.000 0.000
H8 -2.893 0.000 0.000
H9 -0.000 1.175 0.000
H10 0.000 -1.175 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.58171.27923.22601.27923.22641.10254.68422.14192.1414
C23.58173.22601.27923.22641.27924.68421.10252.14142.1419
O31.27923.22603.35542.29402.44912.02504.27451.22512.6244
O43.22601.27923.35542.44912.29404.27452.02502.62441.2251
O51.27923.22642.29402.44913.35612.02494.27482.62501.2247
O63.22641.27922.44912.29403.35614.27482.02491.22472.6250
H71.10254.68422.02504.27452.02494.27485.78673.12293.1224
H84.68421.10254.27452.02504.27482.02495.78673.12243.1229
H92.14192.14141.22512.62442.62501.22473.12293.12242.3491
H102.14142.14192.62441.22511.22472.62503.12243.12292.3491

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 117.576 C1 O5 H10 117.551
C2 O4 H10 117.576 C2 O6 H9 117.551
O3 C1 O5 127.449 O3 C1 H7 116.278
O3 H9 O6 177.425 O4 C2 O6 127.449
O4 C2 H8 116.278 O4 H10 O5 177.425
O5 C1 H7 116.273 O6 C2 H8 116.273
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.350      
2 C 0.350      
3 O -0.479      
4 O -0.479      
5 O -0.479      
6 O -0.479      
7 H 0.240      
8 H 0.240      
9 H 0.368      
10 H 0.368      


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 -28.318 -0.001 0.000
y -0.001 -41.592 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.271
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.114 -0.001 0.000
y -0.001 -10.797 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.683
Polar
3z2-r23.367
x2-y213.274
xy-0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.809 -0.001 0.000
y -0.001 5.198 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.768


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 169.556
(<r2>)1/2 13.021