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

using model chemistry: HF_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 HF_cp_opt/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.787012
Energy at 298.15K-264.791640
Nuclear repulsion energy9.261984
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 HF_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 4169 3746 117.94      
2 A 4035 3626 78.27      
3 A 3837 3448 490.31      
4 A 3313 2976 79.53      
5 A 2005 1802 445.94      
6 A 1823 1638 177.45      
7 A 1573 1413 6.85      
8 A 1522 1368 32.54      
9 A 1337 1201 287.66      
10 A 1203 1081 0.99      
11 A 920 827 248.91      
12 A 744 668 59.99      
13 A 515 463 181.12      
14 A 343 308 117.00      
15 A 214 192 99.95      
16 A 210 189 3.84      
17 A 170 153 88.98      
18 A 137 123 11.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14035.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12610.7 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 HF_cp_opt/6-31G*
ABC
0.40641 0.15272 0.11153

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.343 0.965 0.000
O2 -0.610 1.112 0.006
O3 1.974 0.006 -0.077
C4 -1.236 -0.039 0.005
O5 -0.719 -1.110 0.007
H6 -2.310 0.105 0.004
H7 2.704 -0.066 0.523
H8 1.515 -0.828 -0.052

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.96371.89411.87122.33112.78922.62922.1427
O20.96372.81191.31032.22471.97653.55472.8774
O31.89412.81193.21172.91624.28650.94730.9522
C41.87121.31033.21171.18961.08393.97432.8624
O52.33112.22472.91621.18962.00243.61562.2521
H62.78921.97654.28651.08392.00245.04423.9377
H72.62923.55470.94733.97433.61565.04421.5250
H82.14272.87740.95222.86242.25213.93771.5250

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 109.805 H1 O3 H7 132.574
H1 O3 H8 91.539 O2 H1 O3 158.219
O2 C4 O5 125.655 O2 C4 H6 110.938
O5 C4 H6 123.407 H7 O3 H8 106.806
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF_cp_opt/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.000      
2 O 0.000      
3 O -0.870      
4 C 0.000      
5 O 0.000      
6 H 0.000      
7 H 0.435      
8 H 0.435      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.880 0.044 1.199 1.488
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.339 -2.317 3.581
y -2.317 -27.402 0.007
z 3.581 0.007 -23.004
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.865 -2.317 3.581
y -2.317 -8.231 0.007
z 3.581 0.007 -1.634
Polar
3z2-r2-3.268
x2-y212.063
xy-2.317
xz3.581
yz0.007


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.713 0.190 0.225
y 0.190 0.728 -0.001
z 0.225 -0.001 0.684


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000