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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.437510
Energy at 298.15K-379.443537
HF Energy-379.437510
Nuclear repulsion energy236.716353
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 wB97X-D/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 3168 3168 0.00      
2 Ag 3123 3123 0.00      
3 Ag 1778 1778 0.00      
4 Ag 1512 1512 0.00      
5 Ag 1435 1435 0.00      
6 Ag 1310 1310 0.00      
7 Ag 700 700 0.00      
8 Ag 223 223 0.00      
9 Ag 182 182 0.00      
10 Au 1119 1119 70.27      
11 Au 1014 1014 199.50      
12 Au 192 192 8.99      
13 Au 79 79 2.13      
14 Bg 1095 1095 0.00      
15 Bg 991 991 0.00      
16 Bg 283 283 0.00      
17 Bu 3289 3289 2303.85      
18 Bu 3116 3116 388.21      
19 Bu 1854 1854 778.97      
20 Bu 1466 1466 3.83      
21 Bu 1433 1433 71.84      
22 Bu 1308 1308 325.48      
23 Bu 733 733 49.33      
24 Bu 296 296 71.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15848.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15848.0 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 wB97X-D/6-31G**
ABC
0.20255 0.07764 0.05613

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.623 -0.965 0.000
C2 -1.623 0.965 0.000
O3 1.623 0.256 0.000
O4 -1.623 -0.256 0.000
O5 0.574 -1.741 0.000
O6 -0.574 1.741 0.000
H7 2.558 -1.539 0.000
H8 -2.558 1.539 0.000
H9 0.264 1.195 0.000
H10 -0.264 -1.195 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.77591.22123.32201.30483.48511.09684.87262.55191.9005
C23.77593.32201.22123.48511.30484.87261.09681.90052.5519
O31.22123.32203.28582.25592.65122.02374.37261.65182.3802
O43.32201.22123.28582.65122.25594.37262.02372.38021.6518
O51.30483.48512.25592.65123.66591.99414.53432.95220.9996
O63.48511.30482.65122.25593.66594.53431.99410.99962.9522
H71.09684.87262.02374.37261.99414.53435.96943.56852.8421
H84.87261.09684.37262.02374.53431.99415.96942.84213.5685
H92.55191.90051.65182.38022.95220.99963.56852.84212.4476
H101.90052.55192.38021.65180.99962.95222.84213.56852.4476

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 124.632 C1 O5 H10 110.416
C2 O4 H10 124.632 C2 O6 H9 110.416
O3 C1 O5 126.492 O3 C1 H7 121.538
O3 H9 O6 178.460 O4 C2 O6 126.492
O4 C2 H8 121.538 O4 H10 O5 178.460
O5 C1 H7 111.970 O6 C2 H8 111.970
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.443      
2 C 0.443      
3 O -0.497      
4 O -0.497      
5 O -0.472      
6 O -0.472      
7 H 0.141      
8 H 0.141      
9 H 0.385      
10 H 0.385      


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 -30.132 -6.621 0.000
y -6.621 -36.618 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.014
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.684 -6.621 0.000
y -6.621 -5.046 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.361
Polar
3z2-r20.723
x2-y26.486
xy-6.621
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.104 -0.648 0.000
y -0.648 6.321 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.571


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 181.297
(<r2>)1/2 13.465