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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.913099
Energy at 298.15K-264.917637
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy123.708460
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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 4229 3843 143.72      
2 A 4094 3720 100.64      
3 A 3933 3573 435.62      
4 A 3237 2941 58.99      
5 A 1963 1783 474.22      
6 A 1749 1589 143.79      
7 A 1549 1408 5.33      
8 A 1491 1355 25.57      
9 A 1315 1195 281.52      
10 A 1203 1093 0.04      
11 A 875 795 174.40      
12 A 740 672 49.92      
13 A 510 463 140.35      
14 A 332 302 85.80      
15 A 198 180 66.03      
16 A 179 163 16.27      
17 A 160 145 93.75      
18 A 136 124 14.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13946.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9086) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12671.3 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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.41008 0.15053 0.11057

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.313 0.984 -0.000
O2 -0.633 1.106 0.006
O3 1.992 0.013 -0.074
C4 -1.240 -0.050 0.006
O5 -0.708 -1.106 0.004
H6 -2.318 0.074 0.010
H7 2.736 -0.068 0.493
H8 1.506 -0.796 -0.027

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.95431.94121.86582.32702.78422.68732.1429
O20.95432.84521.30562.21391.97593.60122.8626
O31.94122.84523.23362.92454.31140.93940.9450
C41.86581.30563.23361.18271.08514.00582.8453
O52.32702.21392.92451.18271.99573.63102.2361
H62.78421.97594.31141.08511.99575.07913.9214
H72.68733.60120.93944.00583.63105.07911.5213
H82.14292.86260.94502.84532.23613.92141.5213

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 110.344 H1 O3 H7 134.823
H1 O3 H8 88.918 O2 H1 O3 157.225
O2 C4 O5 125.617 O2 C4 H6 111.147
O5 C4 H6 123.236 H7 O3 H8 107.668
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.352      
2 O -0.635      
3 O -0.529      
4 C 0.926      
5 O -0.776      
6 H 0.137      
7 H 0.205      
8 H 0.320      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.613 0.304 1.065 1.266
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.764 -1.975 3.298
y -1.975 -27.737 -0.060
z 3.298 -0.060 -23.616
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.912 -1.975 3.298
y -1.975 -8.047 -0.060
z 3.298 -0.060 -1.865
Polar
3z2-r2-3.730
x2-y211.973
xy-1.975
xz3.298
yz-0.060


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.543 -0.133 0.068
y -0.133 4.329 0.008
z 0.068 0.008 3.043


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