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All results from a given calculation for H2OH2CO (water formaldehyde dimer)

using model chemistry: B3LYP_cp_opt/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 B3LYP_cp_opt/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.916287
Energy at 298.15K-190.919012
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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_cp_opt/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 3822 3670 62.23      
2 A 3664 3518 164.80      
3 A 3019 2899 106.67      
4 A 2949 2832 52.08      
5 A 1832 1759 93.00      
6 A 1742 1672 85.71      
7 A 1558 1496 13.06      
8 A 1285 1234 10.73      
9 A 1205 1157 2.41      
10 A 503 483 145.99      
11 A 363 349 124.47      
12 A 184 177 23.01      
13 A 163 157 0.40      
14 A 64 61 40.42      
15 A 43 41 142.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11198.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10753.4 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_cp_opt/6-31G*
ABC
1.34866 0.15539 0.13938

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP_cp_opt/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 1.078 -0.343 -0.016
O2 1.893 0.192 -0.017
O3 -0.910 -0.670 -0.005
H4 2.597 -0.457 0.124
C5 -1.385 0.444 0.007
H6 -0.753 1.352 0.023
H7 -2.480 0.610 0.003

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 H4 C5 H6 H7
H10.97442.01461.52972.58562.49553.6836
O20.97442.93210.96773.28752.88954.3930
O32.01462.93213.51561.21092.02862.0260
H41.52970.96773.51564.08423.80865.1895
C52.58563.28751.21094.08421.10691.1078
H62.49552.88952.02863.80861.10691.8801
H73.68364.39302.02605.18951.10781.8801

picture of water formaldehyde dimer state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 O2 H4 103.935 H1 O3 C5 103.760
O2 H1 O3 156.083 O3 C5 H6 122.080
O3 C5 H7 121.735 H6 C5 H7 116.185
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability