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

using model chemistry: MP2/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 MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-150.022518
Energy at 298.15K-150.025859
HF Energy-149.938174
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy37.191468
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 MP2/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' 4048 3530 84.51      
2 A' 3827 3336 61.55      
3 A' 3791 3305 200.78      
4 A' 2118 1847 4.82      
5 A' 2055 1792 5.71      
6 A' 533 465 59.33      
7 A' 319 278 150.17      
8 A' 271 236 23.94      
9 A" 4080 3557 26.78      
10 A" 786 685 85.67      
11 A" 332 289 4.85      
12 A" 105 92 94.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11132.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9706.3 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
6.15906 0.24655 0.24517

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.035 0.416 0.000
O2 0.010 1.430 0.000
O3 0.010 -1.292 0.000
H4 1.009 1.593 0.000
H5 -0.599 -1.556 0.764
H6 -0.599 -1.556 -0.764

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6
H11.01401.70901.52682.20832.2083
O21.01402.72251.01203.14203.1420
O31.70902.72253.05291.01151.0115
H41.52681.01203.05293.61693.6169
H52.20833.14201.01153.61691.5274
H62.20833.14201.01153.61691.5274

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 97.806 H1 O3 H5 105.650
H1 O3 H6 105.650 O2 H1 O3 177.725
H5 O3 H6 98.045
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability