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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B3LYP/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.725957
Energy at 298.15K-379.731878
HF Energy-379.725957
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy236.052546
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 B3LYP/Def2TZVPP
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 3076 2961 0.00      
2 Ag 3061 2947 0.00      
3 Ag 1700 1636 0.00      
4 Ag 1479 1424 0.00      
5 Ag 1408 1355 0.00      
6 Ag 1257 1210 0.00      
7 Ag 690 664 0.00      
8 Ag 209 201 0.00      
9 Ag 176 169 0.00      
10 Au 1102 1060 62.05      
11 Au 1001 964 143.48      
12 Au 185 179 9.50      
13 Au 76 74 2.31      
14 Bg 1080 1040 0.00      
15 Bg 979 943 0.00      
16 Bg 264 254 0.00      
17 Bu 3186 3067 2199.89      
18 Bu 3059 2944 469.35      
19 Bu 1773 1707 799.31      
20 Bu 1450 1396 0.49      
21 Bu 1405 1353 47.90      
22 Bu 1261 1213 337.31      
23 Bu 724 697 38.99      
24 Bu 278 268 73.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15438.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9626) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14861.4 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 B3LYP/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.20214 0.07663 0.05556

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.588 -1.113 0.000
C2 -1.588 1.113 0.000
O3 1.588 0.096 0.000
O4 -1.588 -0.096 0.000
O5 0.524 -1.885 0.000
O6 -0.524 1.885 0.000
H7 2.512 -1.705 0.000
H8 -2.512 1.705 0.000
H9 0.297 1.341 0.000
H10 -0.297 -1.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.87911.20923.33531.31483.66741.09724.97552.77311.8991
C23.87913.33531.20923.66741.31484.97551.09721.89912.7731
O31.20923.33533.18212.24882.76782.02434.40471.79352.3705
O43.33531.20923.18212.76782.24884.40472.02432.37051.7935
O51.31483.66742.24882.76783.91281.99644.70163.23390.9848
O63.66741.31482.76782.24883.91284.70161.99640.98483.2339
H71.09724.97552.02434.40471.99644.70166.07223.76632.8327
H84.97551.09724.40472.02434.70161.99646.07222.83273.7663
H92.77311.89911.79352.37053.23390.98483.76632.83272.7470
H101.89912.77312.37051.79350.98483.23392.83273.76632.7470

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 133.968 C1 O5 H10 110.527
C2 O4 H10 133.968 C2 O6 H9 110.527
O3 C1 O5 125.937 O3 C1 H7 122.655
O3 H9 O6 169.567 O4 C2 O6 125.937
O4 C2 H8 122.655 O4 H10 O5 169.567
O5 C1 H7 111.408 O6 C2 H8 111.408
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.255      
2 C 0.255      
3 O -0.356      
4 O -0.356      
5 O -0.270      
6 O -0.270      
7 H 0.115      
8 H 0.115      
9 H 0.256      
10 H 0.256      


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 -31.042 -6.774 0.000
y -6.774 -37.449 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.883
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.624 -6.774 0.000
y -6.774 -4.986 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.362
Polar
3z2-r20.725
x2-y26.407
xy-6.774
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.094 -0.605 0.000
y -0.605 7.349 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.803


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.432
(<r2>)1/2 13.544