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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.528706
Energy at 298.15K-379.534603
HF Energy-379.528706
Nuclear repulsion energy236.517309
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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 3222 3094 0.00      
2 Ag 3096 2972 0.00      
3 Ag 1765 1695 0.00      
4 Ag 1479 1420 0.00      
5 Ag 1414 1357 0.00      
6 Ag 1284 1233 0.00      
7 Ag 693 665 0.00      
8 Ag 201 193 0.00      
9 Ag 166 159 0.00      
10 Au 1107 1063 53.60      
11 Au 996 956 200.66      
12 Au 182 175 7.78      
13 Au 75 72 2.34      
14 Bg 1089 1046 0.00      
15 Bg 969 930 0.00      
16 Bg 270 260 0.00      
17 Bu 3325 3192 2130.22      
18 Bu 3090 2967 290.67      
19 Bu 1836 1763 830.85      
20 Bu 1452 1394 0.96      
21 Bu 1414 1357 60.82      
22 Bu 1285 1233 339.09      
23 Bu 722 694 50.79      
24 Bu 269 259 64.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15701.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15074.8 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
0.20532 0.07609 0.05552

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.570 -1.126 0.000
C2 -1.570 1.126 0.000
O3 1.570 0.080 0.000
O4 -1.570 -0.080 0.000
O5 0.513 -1.896 0.000
O6 -0.513 1.896 0.000
H7 2.493 -1.718 0.000
H8 -2.493 1.718 0.000
H9 0.295 1.341 0.000
H10 -0.295 -1.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.86421.20613.31011.30833.67061.09644.95962.77671.8779
C23.86423.31011.20613.67061.30834.95961.09641.87792.7767
O31.20613.31013.14492.24182.76382.02164.38081.79302.3454
O43.31011.20613.14492.76382.24184.38082.02162.34541.7930
O51.30833.67062.24182.76383.92911.98754.70133.24460.9807
O63.67061.30832.76382.24183.92914.70131.98750.98073.2446
H71.09644.95962.02164.38081.98754.70136.05533.76692.8133
H84.95961.09644.38082.02164.70131.98756.05532.81333.7669
H92.77671.87791.79302.34543.24460.98073.76692.81332.7461
H101.87792.77672.34541.79300.98073.24462.81333.76692.7461

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 134.667 C1 O5 H10 109.415
C2 O4 H10 134.667 C2 O6 H9 109.415
O3 C1 O5 126.092 O3 C1 H7 122.733
O3 H9 O6 169.825 O4 C2 O6 126.092
O4 C2 H8 122.733 O4 H10 O5 169.825
O5 C1 H7 111.175 O6 C2 H8 111.175
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.277      
2 C 0.277      
3 O -0.402      
4 O -0.402      
5 O -0.291      
6 O -0.291      
7 H 0.120      
8 H 0.120      
9 H 0.297      
10 H 0.297      


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 -30.506 -6.635 0.000
y -6.635 -36.790 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.209
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.493 -6.635 0.000
y -6.635 -4.933 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.440
Polar
3z2-r20.879
x2-y26.284
xy-6.635
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.141 -0.654 0.000
y -0.654 6.567 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.853


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.229
(<r2>)1/2 13.536