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. 2026 Apr 21;37(4):1703–1718. doi: 10.1007/s11224-026-02730-8

Table 8.

The A-A’ atomic energy terms of CO2H and CO2− groups in various chemical environments (kJ/mol). The average values are given in the last row for the anions only, with the standard deviation in brackets. Method: 2PDM-M/CCSD(T)/uncontracted 6–31 + G(d, p). Grid is (15,15)

Molecule C O(= C) O(-H)
or O−(-C)
H sum C O(= C) O(-H)
or O−(-C)
H sum
HCO2H (reference) 126.9 193.0 177.6 22.5 520.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HCO2− (reference) 130.2 192.8 192.8 515.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HCO2−. H2O 129.0 192.2 192.2 513.4 −1.2 −0.6 −0.6 −2.3
HCO2−.(H2O)2 127.0 190.0 191.3 508.3 −3.3 −2.7 −1.5 −7.5
CH3CO2H 135.7 196.9 178.4 23.3 534.4 8.8 3.9 0.8 0.8 14.3
CH3CO2− (conf. A) 134.7 195.3 194.0 524.0 4.4 2.5 1.3 8.3
CH3CO2− (conf. B) 135.5 194.7 194.7 524.8 5.2 1.9 1.9 9.0
CH3CO2−.H2O 138.4 194.9 193.8 527.1 8.1 2.2 1.1 11.4
C2H5CO2H 136.9 197.0 179.2 23.6 536.7 10.0 4.0 1.5 1.1 16.6
C2H5CO2− 136.0 195.0 194.1 525.1 5.7 2.3 1.3 9.3
Average (SD) anions 133.0 (3.9) 193.6 (1.8) 193.3 (1.1) 519.8 (6.7) 3.2 (4.0) 0.9 (1.9)

0.6

(1.2)

4.7 (7.0)