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

using model chemistry: B3LYP_cp_opt/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 B3LYP_cp_opt/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.695781
Energy at 298.15K-264.700971
Nuclear repulsion energy8.812265
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/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 3600 3473 12.74      
2 A 3300 3184 188.82      
3 A 3078 2970 52.94      
4 A 2728 2632 858.98      
5 A 1746 1685 142.70      
6 A 1637 1579 241.96      
7 A 1569 1514 15.65      
8 A 1418 1368 18.66      
9 A 1202 1159 163.62      
10 A 1131 1091 189.98      
11 A 1045 1008 99.03      
12 A 724 699 46.95      
13 A 645 622 183.35      
14 A 469 452 97.39      
15 A 348 335 32.77      
16 A 260 251 20.82      
17 A 209 202 196.16      
18 A 170 164 17.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12638.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12195.0 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/3-21G
ABC
0.38415 0.18061 0.12335

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP_cp_opt/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.545 0.926 0.000
O2 -0.477 1.152 0.009
O3 1.789 -0.030 -0.072
C4 -1.179 0.002 0.006
O5 -0.695 -1.137 0.006
H6 -2.253 0.213 0.005
H7 2.613 -0.162 0.458
H8 1.238 -0.872 -0.040

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.04691.57061.95622.40742.88712.38191.9273
O21.04692.55721.34742.30002.00863.38862.6534
O31.57062.55722.96922.72034.04940.98901.0065
C41.95621.34742.96921.23841.09393.82312.5707
O52.40742.30002.72031.23842.06163.47831.9513
H62.88712.00864.04941.09392.06164.90163.6554
H72.38193.38860.98903.82313.47834.90161.6257
H81.92732.65341.00652.57071.95133.65541.6257

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 108.932 H1 O3 H7 135.836
H1 O3 H8 94.259 O2 H1 O3 154.830
O2 C4 O5 125.565 O2 C4 H6 110.297
O5 C4 H6 124.138 H7 O3 H8 109.116
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP_cp_opt/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.000      
2 O 0.000      
3 O -0.649      
4 C 0.000      
5 O 0.000      
6 H 0.000      
7 H 0.326      
8 H 0.323      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.768 -0.418 1.132 2.140
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.004 -2.293 3.027
y -2.293 -27.340 -0.112
z 3.027 -0.112 -22.935
Traceless
 xyz
x 10.134 -2.293 3.027
y -2.293 -8.371 -0.112
z 3.027 -0.112 -1.763
Polar
3z2-r2-3.527
x2-y212.336
xy-2.293
xz3.027
yz-0.112


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.558 0.343 0.306
y 0.343 0.564 -0.001
z 0.306 -0.001 0.680


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