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All results from a given calculation for H2OH2O (water dimer)

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-149.941244
Energy at 298.15K-149.944400
HF Energy-149.941244
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy37.363525
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/STO-3G
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' 4379 3575 70.02      
2 A' 4172 3406 18.32      
3 A' 4135 3376 179.90      
4 A' 2201 1797 12.67      
5 A' 2148 1753 12.62      
6 A' 472 385 79.55      
7 A' 281 229 125.85      
8 A' 243 198 63.68      
9 A" 4418 3607 10.30      
10 A" 735 600 122.47      
11 A" 290 237 0.88      
12 A" 112 91 108.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11791.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9627.7 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/STO-3G
ABC
6.73934 0.24132 0.24075

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.007 0.456 0.000
O2 0.003 1.446 0.000
O3 0.003 -1.295 0.000
H4 0.975 1.627 0.000
H5 -0.518 -1.646 0.761
H6 -0.518 -1.646 -0.761

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6
H10.98951.75061.51932.29592.2959
O20.98952.74010.98813.22593.2259
O31.75062.74013.07860.98700.9870
H41.51930.98813.07863.67643.6764
H52.29593.22590.98703.67641.5224
H62.29593.22590.98703.67641.5224

picture of water dimer state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 O2 H4 100.391 H1 O3 H5 110.897
H1 O3 H6 110.897 O2 H1 O3 179.716
H5 O3 H6 100.924
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.196      
2 O -0.383      
3 O -0.333      
4 H 0.141      
5 H 0.189      
6 H 0.189      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.310 -2.808 0.000 2.825
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.051 4.503 0.000
y 4.503 -11.364 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.439
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.850 4.503 0.000
y 4.503 -1.119 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.269
Polar
3z2-r20.538
x2-y21.313
xy4.503
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.832 0.460 0.000
y 0.460 0.960 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.805


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.671
(<r2>)1/2 6.904