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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE_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 PBEPBE_cp_opt/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.897539
Energy at 298.15K-265.902722
Nuclear repulsion energy8.932970
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 PBEPBE_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 3699 3646 39.67      
2 A 3411 3362 293.23      
3 A 3001 2958 1.72      
4 A 2954 2912 780.77      
5 A 1757 1732 214.49      
6 A 1679 1655 152.48      
7 A 1475 1454 3.06      
8 A 1362 1343 13.71      
9 A 1209 1192 170.10      
10 A 1060 1044 94.17      
11 A 983 969 56.51      
12 A 741 730 223.68      
13 A 672 662 66.53      
14 A 408 402 86.24      
15 A 338 333 92.58      
16 A 276 272 41.32      
17 A 216 213 29.86      
18 A 206 203 2.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12722.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12540.9 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 PBEPBE_cp_opt/6-31G*
ABC
0.38335 0.17169 0.11967

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.451 0.933 -0.009
O2 -0.547 1.146 0.006
O3 1.871 -0.010 -0.099
C4 -1.185 -0.026 0.009
O5 -0.664 -1.140 0.005
H6 -2.284 0.130 0.017
H7 2.404 -0.085 0.716
H8 1.259 -0.792 -0.066

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.02061.70621.89702.35342.85022.31881.9051
O21.02062.68161.33552.28932.01243.27552.6499
O31.70622.68163.05802.77694.15830.97750.9932
C41.89701.33553.05801.22971.10943.65912.5626
O52.35342.28932.77691.22972.05863.32111.9553
H62.85022.01244.15831.10942.05864.74463.6617
H72.31883.27550.97753.65913.32114.74461.5562
H81.90512.64990.99322.56261.95533.66171.5562

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 106.485 H1 O3 H7 116.916
H1 O3 H8 85.458 O2 H1 O3 158.414
O2 C4 O5 126.318 O2 C4 H6 110.454
O5 C4 H6 123.228 H7 O3 H8 104.305
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE_cp_opt/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.000      
2 O 0.000      
3 O -0.757      
4 C 0.000      
5 O 0.000      
6 H 0.000      
7 H 0.381      
8 H 0.377      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.705 0.098 1.448 1.614
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.819 -1.436 3.863
y -1.436 -26.999 -0.061
z 3.863 -0.061 -22.636
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.999 -1.436 3.863
y -1.436 -6.272 -0.061
z 3.863 -0.061 0.273
Polar
3z2-r20.546
x2-y28.180
xy-1.436
xz3.863
yz-0.061


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.770 0.287 0.220
y 0.287 0.770 0.001
z 0.220 0.001 0.896


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