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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-263.807243
Energy at 298.15K-263.812769
HF Energy-263.312670
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy124.131175
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 CCSD(T)/3-21G
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 3569 3536        
2 A 3357 3325        
3 A 3081 3052        
4 A 2871 2844        
5 A 1757 1741        
6 A 1693 1677        
7 A 1544 1530        
8 A 1426 1413        
9 A 1185 1174        
10 A 1170 1159        
11 A 1043 1033        
12 A 816 808        
13 A 703 696        
14 A 463 459        
15 A 370 367        
16 A 332 329        
17 A 255 253        
18 A 238 236        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12936.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9906) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12815.2 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 CCSD(T)/3-21G
ABC
0.37272 0.18168 0.12337

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.524 0.948 -0.054
O2 -0.485 1.166 -0.003
O3 1.808 -0.036 -0.090
C4 -1.176 -0.005 0.021
O5 -0.666 -1.150 -0.002
H6 -2.256 0.174 0.066
H7 2.341 -0.098 0.744
H8 1.193 -0.830 -0.117

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.03371.61771.95032.41272.88842.24311.9008
O21.03372.59021.35972.32342.03143.18472.6106
O31.61772.59022.98622.71474.07210.99161.0043
C41.95031.35972.98621.25431.09523.59222.5132
O52.41272.32342.71471.25432.06973.27271.8906
H62.88842.03144.07211.09522.06974.65483.5971
H72.24313.18470.99163.59223.27274.65481.6107
H81.90082.61061.00432.51321.89063.59711.6107

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 108.382 H1 O3 H7 116.494
H1 O3 H8 89.779 O2 H1 O3 154.709
O2 C4 O5 125.405 O2 C4 H6 111.226
O5 C4 H6 123.368 H7 O3 H8 107.610
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at CCSD(T)/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.458      
2 O -0.731      
3 O -0.764      
4 C 0.613      
5 O -0.631      
6 H 0.245      
7 H 0.388      
8 H 0.423      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.382 -0.187 1.690 1.743
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.667 -1.828 4.075
y -1.828 -29.003 -0.031
z 4.075 -0.031 -22.197
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.932 -1.828 4.075
y -1.828 -9.071 -0.031
z 4.075 -0.031 1.138
Polar
3z2-r22.277
x2-y211.335
xy-1.828
xz4.075
yz-0.031


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 90.232
(<r2>)1/2 9.499