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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.553699
Energy at 298.15K-379.559745
HF Energy-379.553699
Nuclear repulsion energy236.680354
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 TPSSh/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 3104 2976 0.00      
2 Ag 2855 2737 0.00      
3 Ag 1698 1628 0.00      
4 Ag 1507 1444 0.00      
5 Ag 1417 1359 0.00      
6 Ag 1283 1230 0.00      
7 Ag 682 654 0.00      
8 Ag 223 213 0.00      
9 Ag 184 176 0.00      
10 Au 1131 1084 141.21      
11 Au 1016 974 104.93      
12 Au 195 187 8.70      
13 Au 79 76 1.79      
14 Bg 1084 1039 0.00      
15 Bg 1021 978 0.00      
16 Bg 287 275 0.00      
17 Bu 3111 2982 29.45      
18 Bu 2999 2875 3138.37      
19 Bu 1789 1715 720.07      
20 Bu 1468 1408 2.48      
21 Bu 1415 1356 58.92      
22 Bu 1283 1230 289.15      
23 Bu 728 698 36.90      
24 Bu 312 299 85.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15434.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14796.9 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
0.19898 0.07935 0.05673

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.814 0.006 0.000
C2 1.814 -0.006 0.000
O3 -1.248 1.118 0.000
O4 1.248 -1.118 0.000
O5 -1.248 -1.155 0.000
O6 1.248 1.155 0.000
H7 -2.908 -0.039 0.000
H8 2.908 0.039 0.000
H9 0.184 1.122 0.000
H10 -0.184 -1.122 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.62871.24773.26191.29123.27101.09484.72272.28941.9821
C23.62873.26191.24773.27101.29124.72271.09481.98212.2894
O31.24773.26193.35062.27232.49652.02314.29411.43252.4794
O43.26191.24773.35062.49652.27234.29412.02312.47941.4325
O51.29123.27102.27232.49653.40082.00054.32432.69001.0643
O63.27101.29122.49652.27233.40084.32432.00051.06432.6900
H71.09484.72272.02314.29412.00054.32435.81703.30332.9315
H84.72271.09484.29412.02314.32432.00055.81702.93153.3033
H92.28941.98211.43252.47942.69001.06433.30332.93152.2743
H101.98212.28942.47941.43251.06432.69002.93153.30332.2743

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 117.171 C1 O5 H10 114.249
C2 O4 H10 117.171 C2 O6 H9 114.249
O3 C1 O5 127.002 O3 C1 H7 119.307
O3 H9 O6 178.422 O4 C2 O6 127.002
O4 C2 H8 119.307 O4 H10 O5 178.422
O5 C1 H7 113.691 O6 C2 H8 113.691
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.433      
2 C 0.433      
3 O -0.493      
4 O -0.493      
5 O -0.467      
6 O -0.467      
7 H 0.139      
8 H 0.139      
9 H 0.389      
10 H 0.389      


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


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.446 0.714 0.000
y 0.714 6.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.590


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 179.661
(<r2>)1/2 13.404