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

using model chemistry: MP2_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 MP2_cp_opt/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.454463
Energy at 298.15K-265.459215
Nuclear repulsion energy9.048538
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 MP2_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 3881 3660 89.90      
2 A 3715 3504 83.21      
3 A 3391 3198 551.95      
4 A 3157 2977 85.54      
5 A 1822 1718 241.53      
6 A 1730 1631 179.64      
7 A 1489 1404 2.28      
8 A 1427 1345 16.63      
9 A 1239 1169 233.31      
10 A 1088 1026 16.25      
11 A 946 892 189.70      
12 A 698 659 54.33      
13 A 555 524 186.06      
14 A 353 333 108.53      
15 A 249 235 110.22      
16 A 232 219 16.44      
17 A 185 174 56.30      
18 A 153 144 7.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13154.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12404.7 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 MP2_cp_opt/6-31G*
ABC
0.38712 0.15731 0.11256

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2_cp_opt/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.394 0.943 0.001
O2 -0.583 1.140 0.008
O3 1.946 -0.001 -0.089
C4 -1.228 -0.030 0.006
O5 -0.709 -1.137 0.007
H6 -2.313 0.134 0.004
H7 2.623 -0.075 0.601
H8 1.438 -0.834 -0.047

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.99641.81921.89142.35462.82452.52312.0620
O20.99642.77631.33632.28072.00083.47932.8260
O31.81922.77633.17552.88964.26150.96910.9758
C41.89141.33633.17551.22241.09673.89682.7856
O52.35462.28072.88961.22242.04593.54722.1699
H62.82452.00084.26151.09672.04594.97553.8742
H72.52313.47930.96913.89683.54724.97551.5483
H82.06202.82600.97582.78562.16993.87421.5483

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 107.460 H1 O3 H7 126.899
H1 O3 H8 89.839 O2 H1 O3 159.944
O2 C4 O5 126.030 O2 C4 H6 110.251
O5 C4 H6 123.719 H7 O3 H8 105.514
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at MP2_cp_opt/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.000      
2 O 0.000      
3 O -0.865      
4 C 0.000      
5 O 0.000      
6 H 0.000      
7 H 0.433      
8 H 0.432      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.688 0.077 1.383 1.546
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.049 -2.286 3.976
y -2.286 -27.932 -0.037
z 3.976 -0.037 -22.979
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.406 -2.286 3.976
y -2.286 -8.418 -0.037
z 3.976 -0.037 -0.988
Polar
3z2-r2-1.976
x2-y211.883
xy-2.286
xz3.976
yz-0.037


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.724 0.233 0.225
y 0.233 0.748 -0.005
z 0.225 -0.005 0.794


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