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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.707736
Energy at 298.15K-379.713706
HF Energy-379.707736
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy236.299590
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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
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 3061 2959 0.00      
2 Ag 3033 2932 0.00      
3 Ag 1701 1644 0.00      
4 Ag 1484 1435 0.00      
5 Ag 1407 1360 0.00      
6 Ag 1261 1219 0.00      
7 Ag 692 668 0.00      
8 Ag 214 206 0.00      
9 Ag 176 170 0.00      
10 Au 1103 1067 65.15      
11 Au 1004 971 137.55      
12 Au 189 182 9.53      
13 Au 77 74 2.13      
14 Bg 1080 1044 0.00      
15 Bg 984 951 0.00      
16 Bg 270 261 0.00      
17 Bu 3161 3056 2146.50      
18 Bu 3049 2947 588.20      
19 Bu 1778 1719 774.39      
20 Bu 1453 1404 0.45      
21 Bu 1406 1359 48.23      
22 Bu 1264 1222 326.77      
23 Bu 727 703 38.82      
24 Bu 285 276 74.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15429.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9667) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14915.6 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.20185 0.07714 0.05581

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.637 -0.954 0.000
C2 -1.637 0.954 0.000
O3 1.637 0.264 0.000
O4 -1.637 -0.264 0.000
O5 0.585 -1.732 0.000
O6 -0.585 1.732 0.000
H7 2.569 -1.529 0.000
H8 -2.569 1.529 0.000
H9 0.259 1.191 0.000
H10 -0.259 -1.191 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.78911.21813.34571.30893.48601.09524.88402.54901.9108
C23.78913.34571.21813.48601.30894.88401.09521.91082.5490
O31.21813.34573.31622.25702.66302.02134.39171.66032.3900
O43.34571.21813.31622.66302.25704.39172.02132.39001.6603
O51.30893.48602.25702.66303.65701.99424.53702.94121.0029
O63.48601.30892.66302.25703.65704.53701.99421.00292.9412
H71.09524.88402.02134.39171.99424.53705.97903.56832.8480
H84.88401.09524.39172.02134.53701.99425.97902.84803.5683
H92.54901.91081.66032.39002.94121.00293.56832.84802.4372
H101.91082.54902.39001.66031.00292.94122.84803.56832.4372

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 123.917 C1 O5 H10 110.799
C2 O4 H10 123.917 C2 O6 H9 110.799
O3 C1 O5 126.504 O3 C1 H7 121.712
O3 H9 O6 178.781 O4 C2 O6 126.504
O4 C2 H8 121.712 O4 H10 O5 178.781
O5 C1 H7 111.785 O6 C2 H8 111.785
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.243      
2 C 0.243      
3 O -0.351      
4 O -0.351      
5 O -0.251      
6 O -0.251      
7 H 0.102      
8 H 0.102      
9 H 0.258      
10 H 0.258      


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 -30.813 -6.655 0.000
y -6.655 -37.181 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.671
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.613 -6.655 0.000
y -6.655 -4.939 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.326
Polar
3z2-r20.652
x2-y26.368
xy-6.655
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.967 -0.684 0.000
y -0.684 7.103 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.551


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 182.566
(<r2>)1/2 13.512