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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.624898
Energy at 298.15K-264.630767
Nuclear repulsion energy127.412706
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 B1B95/3-21G
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 3621 3464 28.30      
2 A 3130 2994 29.04      
3 A 3102 2968 635.10      
4 A 2393 2289 921.34      
5 A 1774 1697 168.93      
6 A 1685 1612 179.17      
7 A 1542 1475 81.54      
8 A 1406 1345 32.19      
9 A 1278 1223 195.41      
10 A 1254 1200 137.76      
11 A 1073 1026 3.46      
12 A 964 922 474.11      
13 A 739 707 5.53      
14 A 531 508 75.29      
15 A 432 413 7.41      
16 A 391 374 177.35      
17 A 306 292 1.01      
18 A 263 252 39.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12940.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12380.0 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
0.38519 0.20076 0.13334

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.584 0.909 -0.054
O2 -0.460 1.147 -0.003
O3 1.713 -0.034 -0.090
C4 -1.132 0.002 0.022
O5 -0.615 -1.133 -0.003
H6 -2.211 0.151 0.068
H7 2.265 -0.096 0.726
H8 1.055 -0.814 -0.105

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.07281.47101.94292.36932.89892.10801.7869
O21.07282.47481.32742.28532.01513.08322.4801
O31.47102.47482.84732.57633.93140.98711.0211
C41.94291.32742.84731.24751.09023.47062.3373
O52.36932.28532.57631.24752.04953.14701.7033
H62.89892.01513.93141.09022.04954.53083.4096
H72.10803.08320.98713.47063.14704.53081.6344
H81.78692.48011.02112.33731.70333.40961.6344

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 107.612 H1 O3 H7 116.714
H1 O3 H8 89.749 O2 H1 O3 152.920
O2 C4 O5 125.098 O2 C4 H6 112.548
O5 C4 H6 122.355 H7 O3 H8 108.938
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.393      
2 O -0.582      
3 O -0.682      
4 C 0.408      
5 O -0.511      
6 H 0.228      
7 H 0.367      
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
  0.894 -0.141 1.614 1.851
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.199 -1.256 3.813
y -1.256 -27.750 -0.074
z 3.813 -0.074 -22.189
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.771 -1.256 3.813
y -1.256 -7.556 -0.074
z 3.813 -0.074 0.785
Polar
3z2-r21.570
x2-y29.551
xy-1.256
xz3.813
yz-0.074


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.081 -0.118 0.329
y -0.118 3.253 -0.013
z 0.329 -0.013 1.418


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 84.484
(<r2>)1/2 9.191