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

using model chemistry: B1B95/CEP-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 B1B95/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-55.941506
Energy at 298.15K-55.946371
Nuclear repulsion energy72.967342
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 B1B95/CEP-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 3931 3763 103.71      
2 A 3752 3591 133.23      
3 A 3345 3202 666.37      
4 A 3108 2975 101.77      
5 A 1819 1741 384.20      
6 A 1673 1601 130.10      
7 A 1456 1394 3.01      
8 A 1383 1324 14.85      
9 A 1249 1195 223.86      
10 A 1063 1017 32.68      
11 A 964 923 159.18      
12 A 696 666 72.00      
13 A 585 560 210.98      
14 A 378 361 113.48      
15 A 261 249 81.57      
16 A 234 224 43.71      
17 A 193 185 44.93      
18 A 181 174 2.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13134.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9572) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12572.1 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 B1B95/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.38772 0.16462 0.11643

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/CEP-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.428 0.926 -0.021
O2 -0.547 1.140 0.000
O3 1.902 -0.013 -0.088
C4 -1.209 -0.018 0.014
O5 -0.701 -1.134 0.002
H6 -2.303 0.151 0.038
H7 2.513 -0.069 0.662
H8 1.384 -0.842 -0.083

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.99871.74921.88982.34922.83962.40892.0114
O20.99872.70861.33322.27882.01553.35592.7688
O31.74922.70863.11252.83524.21010.96880.9774
C41.88981.33323.11251.22651.10733.77782.7228
O52.34922.27882.83521.22652.05383.44902.1071
H62.83962.01554.21011.10732.05384.86093.8205
H72.40893.35590.96883.77783.44904.86091.5576
H82.01142.76880.97742.72282.10713.82051.5576

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 107.407 H1 O3 H7 122.170
H1 O3 H8 90.514 O2 H1 O3 159.825
O2 C4 O5 125.767 O2 C4 H6 111.016
O5 C4 H6 123.217 H7 O3 H8 106.327
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.410      
2 O -0.280      
3 O -0.759      
4 C -0.198      
5 O -0.169      
6 H 0.191      
7 H 0.395      
8 H 0.411      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.884 0.073 1.462 1.710
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.427 -2.065 4.046
y -2.065 -27.495 0.020
z 4.046 0.020 -22.985
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.813 -2.065 4.046
y -2.065 -7.288 0.020
z 4.046 0.020 -0.525
Polar
3z2-r2-1.049
x2-y210.068
xy-2.065
xz4.046
yz0.020


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.311 -0.118 0.243
y -0.118 3.942 -0.003
z 0.243 -0.003 2.210


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