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All results from a given calculation for HCOOHH2O (Formic acid water dimer)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.902760
Energy at 298.15K-265.908033
HF Energy-265.902760
Nuclear repulsion energy125.569576
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 PBE1PBE/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 A 3864 3672 74.90      
2 A 3610 3430 294.30      
3 A 3204 3044 603.44      
4 A 3112 2957 164.35      
5 A 1838 1746 325.83      
6 A 1732 1646 111.39      
7 A 1519 1444 3.29      
8 A 1420 1349 17.93      
9 A 1281 1218 191.20      
10 A 1093 1038 38.24      
11 A 1019 968 116.63      
12 A 772 734 297.68      
13 A 705 670 56.95      
14 A 414 393 94.80      
15 A 342 325 78.89      
16 A 279 265 45.41      
17 A 227 216 14.64      
18 A 214 203 15.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13320.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12658.5 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.39254 0.17572 0.12266

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.441 0.939 -0.040
O2 -0.543 1.131 -0.002
O3 1.856 -0.011 -0.092
C4 -1.171 -0.027 0.017
O5 -0.650 -1.126 -0.001
H6 -2.260 0.115 0.054
H7 2.294 -0.068 0.767
H8 1.247 -0.778 -0.115

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.00251.70531.88002.33572.82592.25811.8987
O21.00252.65761.31722.25891.99663.17402.6186
O31.70532.65763.02872.74404.12070.96620.9799
C41.88001.31723.02871.21621.09933.54552.5350
O52.33572.25892.74401.21622.03353.22121.9315
H62.82591.99664.12071.09932.03354.61353.6228
H72.25813.17400.96623.54553.22124.61351.5423
H81.89872.61860.97992.53501.93153.62281.5423

picture of Formic acid water dimer state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 O2 C4 107.510 H1 O3 H7 112.438
H1 O3 H8 85.484 O2 H1 O3 157.130
O2 C4 O5 126.113 O2 C4 H6 111.116
O5 C4 H6 122.771 H7 O3 H8 104.844
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.458      
2 O -0.561      
3 O -0.824      
4 C 0.363      
5 O -0.465      
6 H 0.171      
7 H 0.420      
8 H 0.439      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.383 0.179 1.498 1.556
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.473 -1.346 3.831
y -1.346 -27.150 0.011
z 3.831 0.011 -22.252
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.228 -1.346 3.831
y -1.346 -6.288 0.011
z 3.831 0.011 1.059
Polar
3z2-r22.118
x2-y27.677
xy-1.346
xz3.831
yz0.011


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.311 -0.168 0.187
y -0.168 3.718 -0.000
z 0.187 -0.000 2.053


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 90.522
(<r2>)1/2 9.514