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All results from a given calculation for HCOOHH2O (Formic acid water 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-266.182331
Energy at 298.15K-266.187342
Nuclear repulsion energy9.034870
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 3814 3662 55.09      
2 A 3605 3462 183.36      
3 A 3247 3118 581.51      
4 A 3082 2960 117.38      
5 A 1816 1744 274.78      
6 A 1711 1643 151.79      
7 A 1494 1435 4.17      
8 A 1413 1357 17.79      
9 A 1239 1190 204.68      
10 A 1076 1034 21.75      
11 A 979 940 156.11      
12 A 719 690 94.36      
13 A 640 615 179.32      
14 A 382 367 92.54      
15 A 294 282 94.95      
16 A 257 246 34.82      
17 A 201 193 41.70      
18 A 184 177 5.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13076.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12557.0 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_cp_opt/6-31G*
ABC
0.39026 0.16629 0.11752

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 0.421 0.944 -0.005
O2 -0.560 1.136 0.007
O3 1.898 -0.006 -0.094
C4 -1.200 -0.029 0.007
O5 -0.681 -1.130 0.006
H6 -2.288 0.128 0.012
H7 2.493 -0.089 0.665
H8 1.327 -0.802 -0.062

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.00021.75831.89082.34932.82992.41071.9680
O21.00022.71241.32902.26952.00053.35572.7062
O31.75832.71243.09932.81514.18950.96870.9793
C41.89081.32903.09931.21711.09983.75182.6436
O52.34932.26952.81511.21712.04083.40542.0366
H62.82992.00054.18951.09982.04084.83103.7340
H72.41073.35570.96873.75183.40544.83101.5480
H81.96802.70620.97932.64362.03663.73401.5480

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 107.705 H1 O3 H7 121.531
H1 O3 H8 87.042 O2 H1 O3 158.178
O2 C4 O5 126.031 O2 C4 H6 110.557
O5 C4 H6 123.412 H7 O3 H8 105.239
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP_cp_opt/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.000      
2 O 0.000      
3 O -0.774      
4 C 0.000      
5 O 0.000      
6 H 0.000      
7 H 0.388      
8 H 0.386      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.759 0.060 1.395 1.589
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.920 -1.693 3.846
y -1.693 -27.059 -0.056
z 3.846 -0.056 -22.661
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.940 -1.693 3.846
y -1.693 -6.768 -0.056
z 3.846 -0.056 -0.172
Polar
3z2-r2-0.344
x2-y29.139
xy-1.693
xz3.846
yz-0.056


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.750 0.262 0.231
y 0.262 0.757 -0.001
z 0.231 -0.001 0.841


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