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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1AG
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.491066
Energy at 298.15K-379.496993
HF Energy-379.491066
Nuclear repulsion energy236.022670
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 B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 2997 2958 0.00      
2 Ag 2858 2821 0.00      
3 Ag 1640 1618 0.00      
4 Ag 1466 1447 0.00      
5 Ag 1373 1355 0.00      
6 Ag 1228 1212 0.00      
7 Ag 677 668 0.00      
8 Ag 213 211 0.00      
9 Ag 180 177 0.00      
10 Au 1100 1086 121.55      
11 Au 999 986 51.68      
12 Au 188 186 9.20      
13 Au 68 67 2.14      
14 Bg 1059 1046 0.00      
15 Bg 1000 987 0.00      
16 Bg 262 259 0.00      
17 Bu 3024 2985 820.97      
18 Bu 2960 2921 2242.44      
19 Bu 1722 1700 752.69      
20 Bu 1437 1418 0.22      
21 Bu 1374 1356 37.02      
22 Bu 1233 1217 299.75      
23 Bu 717 708 29.80      
24 Bu 293 289 82.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15032.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.987) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14837.4 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 B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.19947 0.07789 0.05602

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.642 -0.932 0.000
C2 -1.642 0.932 0.000
O3 1.642 0.293 0.000
O4 -1.642 -0.293 0.000
O5 0.589 -1.718 0.000
O6 -0.589 1.718 0.000
H7 2.580 -1.508 0.000
H8 -2.580 1.508 0.000
H9 0.262 1.169 0.000
H10 -0.262 -1.169 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C13.77631.22513.34551.31333.46431.10074.87652.51421.9182
C23.77633.34551.22513.46431.31334.87651.10071.91822.5142
O31.22513.34553.33552.26932.64752.03074.39331.63502.4000
O43.34551.22513.33552.64752.26934.39332.03072.40001.6350
O51.31333.46432.26932.64753.63202.00154.52232.90531.0125
O63.46431.31332.64752.26933.63204.52232.00151.01252.9053
H71.10074.87652.03074.39332.00154.52235.97693.54162.8617
H84.87651.10074.39332.03074.52232.00155.97692.86173.5416
H92.51421.91821.63502.40002.90531.01253.54162.86172.3960
H101.91822.51422.40001.63501.01252.90532.86173.54162.3960

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 133.712 C1 O5 H10 109.986
C2 O4 H10 133.712 C2 O6 H9 109.986
O3 C1 O5 126.291 O3 C1 H7 122.639
O3 H9 O6 170.011 O4 C2 O6 126.291
O4 C2 H8 122.639 O4 H10 O5 170.011
O5 C1 H7 111.070 O6 C2 H8 111.070
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.656      
2 C 0.656      
3 O -0.703      
4 O -0.703      
5 O -0.604      
6 O -0.604      
7 H 0.116      
8 H 0.116      
9 H 0.534      
10 H 0.534      


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 -31.138 -6.576 0.000
y -6.576 -37.565 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.966
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.627 -6.576 0.000
y -6.576 -5.013 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.386
Polar
3z2-r20.772
x2-y26.427
xy-6.576
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.018 -0.599 0.000
y -0.599 8.091 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.436


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 182.159
(<r2>)1/2 13.497