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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.188728
Energy at 298.15K-266.193935
Counterpoise corrected energy-266.182331
CP Energy at 298.15K-266.187342
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy124.725737
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/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 3794 3644 62.77      
2 A 3568 3426 259.34      
3 A 3192 3065 562.47      
4 A 3087 2964 146.13      
5 A 1803 1731 301.74      
6 A 1722 1654 112.78      
7 A 1505 1445 1.75      
8 A 1413 1357 14.24      
9 A 1249 1200 193.68      
10 A 1080 1037 29.52      
11 A 997 957 120.17      
12 A 760 730 287.49      
13 A 695 668 52.13      
14 A 405 389 92.60      
15 A 335 321 75.54      
16 A 268 257 43.78      
17 A 218 209 17.00      
18 A 210 202 12.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13150.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12628.0 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.38877 0.17176 0.12038

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.435 0.949 -0.040
O2 -0.550 1.136 -0.002
O3 1.879 -0.011 -0.093
C4 -1.182 -0.029 0.017
O5 -0.659 -1.131 -0.001
H6 -2.271 0.115 0.054
H7 2.312 -0.067 0.773
H8 1.268 -0.780 -0.116

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.00341.73521.89052.35032.83322.28441.9209
O21.00342.68811.32552.26952.00193.20042.6440
O31.73522.68813.06292.77534.15460.97000.9822
C41.89051.32553.06291.21961.09933.57512.5659
O52.35032.26952.77531.21962.03803.24941.9620
H62.83322.00194.15461.09932.03804.64293.6545
H72.28443.20040.97003.57513.24944.64291.5459
H81.92092.64400.98222.56591.96203.65451.5459

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 107.733 H1 O3 H7 112.102
H1 O3 H8 85.196 O2 H1 O3 157.127
O2 C4 O5 126.121 O2 C4 H6 110.953
O5 C4 H6 122.926 H7 O3 H8 104.724
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.439      
2 O -0.545      
3 O -0.791      
4 C 0.374      
5 O -0.452      
6 H 0.149      
7 H 0.404      
8 H 0.423      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.363 0.170 1.478 1.532
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.640 -1.332 3.804
y -1.332 -27.163 0.014
z 3.804 0.014 -22.240
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.061 -1.332 3.804
y -1.332 -6.223 0.014
z 3.804 0.014 1.161
Polar
3z2-r22.323
x2-y27.523
xy-1.332
xz3.804
yz0.014


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.404 -0.163 0.203
y -0.163 3.751 -0.001
z 0.203 -0.001 2.067


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 91.971
(<r2>)1/2 9.590