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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.525632
Energy at 298.15K-377.532023
HF Energy-377.525632
Nuclear repulsion energy239.841383
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/6-31G
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 3101 3038 0.00      
2 Ag 1803 1766 0.00      
3 Ag 1575 1543 0.00      
4 Ag 1391 1362 0.00      
5 Ag 1334 1307 0.00      
6 Ag 1049 1028 0.00      
7 Ag 672 659 0.00      
8 Ag 324 317 0.00      
9 Ag 158 155 0.00      
10 Au 1265 1239 351.88      
11 Au 1017 996 11.51      
12 Au 218 213 13.50      
13 Au 103 101 0.30      
14 Bg 1212 1188 0.00      
15 Bg 1027 1006 0.00      
16 Bg 304 298 0.00      
17 Bu 3098 3035 52.17      
18 Bu 2022 1981 4870.03      
19 Bu 1673 1639 576.59      
20 Bu 1465 1435 285.93      
21 Bu 1373 1346 80.76      
22 Bu 1311 1285 104.59      
23 Bu 743 728 13.44      
24 Bu 486 476 84.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14360.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9797) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14069.2 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/6-31G
ABC
0.19496 0.08791 0.06059

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.915 -0.218 0.000
C2 -1.915 0.218 0.000
O3 1.337 0.871 0.000
O4 -1.337 -0.871 0.000
O5 1.337 -1.415 0.000
O6 -1.337 1.415 0.000
H7 3.015 -0.306 0.000
H8 -3.015 0.306 0.000
H9 -0.333 1.389 0.000
H10 0.333 -1.389 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.85541.23303.31781.32983.63981.10334.95822.76291.9687
C23.85543.31781.23303.63981.32984.95821.10331.96872.7629
O31.23303.31783.19262.28692.72972.04954.38921.74832.4733
O43.31781.23303.19262.72972.28694.38922.04952.47331.7483
O51.32983.63982.28692.72973.89482.01154.68063.26371.0052
O63.63981.32982.72972.28693.89484.68062.01151.00523.2637
H71.10334.95822.04954.38922.01154.68066.06123.75212.8929
H84.95821.10334.38922.04954.68062.01156.06122.89293.7521
H92.76291.96871.74832.47333.26371.00523.75212.89292.8557
H101.96872.76292.47331.74831.00523.26372.89293.75212.8557

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 135.156 C1 O5 H10 114.225
C2 O4 H10 135.156 C2 O6 H9 114.225
O3 C1 O5 126.293 O3 C1 H7 122.524
O3 H9 O6 164.325 O4 C2 O6 126.293
O4 C2 H8 122.524 O4 H10 O5 164.325
O5 C1 H7 111.183 O6 C2 H8 111.183
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.289      
2 C 0.289      
3 O -0.449      
4 O -0.449      
5 O -0.463      
6 O -0.463      
7 H 0.208      
8 H 0.208      
9 H 0.416      
10 H 0.416      


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 -28.135 -0.109 0.000
y -0.109 -43.273 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.892
Traceless
 xyz
x 10.448 -0.109 0.000
y -0.109 -12.260 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.812
Polar
3z2-r23.624
x2-y215.138
xy-0.109
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.930 -0.220 0.000
y -0.220 5.934 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.159


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 170.865
(<r2>)1/2 13.072