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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-150.499513
Energy at 298.15K-150.503265
HF Energy-150.499513
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy37.444727
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 PBEPBE/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 3751 3427 17.13      
2 A 3633 3319 96.92      
3 A 3538 3232 37.52      
4 A 3354 3065 554.64      
5 A 2024 1849 2.09      
6 A 1943 1775 6.60      
7 A 975 890 51.93      
8 A 666 609 41.26      
9 A 419 383 85.25      
10 A 399 365 6.69      
11 A 351 321 80.37      
12 A 111 102 89.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10582.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9136) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9667.8 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 PBEPBE/STO-3G
ABC
5.73353 0.26185 0.25980

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.161 0.487 0.000
O2 0.008 1.503 0.000
O3 0.008 -1.393 0.000
H4 0.994 1.778 0.000
H5 -0.641 -1.574 0.772
H6 -0.641 -1.574 -0.772

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6
H11.02771.88541.53732.34202.3420
O21.02772.89551.02403.23813.2381
O31.88542.89553.32061.02491.0249
H41.53731.02403.32063.80893.8089
H52.34203.23811.02493.80891.5442
H62.34203.23811.02493.80891.5442

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 97.052 H1 O3 H5 103.162
H1 O3 H6 103.162 O2 H1 O3 166.822
H5 O3 H6 97.762
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.129      
2 O -0.357      
3 O -0.256      
4 H 0.107      
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
  -2.915 0.414 -0.002 2.944
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.759 -4.281 0.013
y -4.281 -10.612 0.002
z 0.013 0.002 -10.517
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.195 -4.281 0.013
y -4.281 0.527 0.002
z 0.013 0.002 0.668
Polar
3z2-r21.336
x2-y2-1.148
xy-4.281
xz0.013
yz0.002


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.395 -0.471 0.002
y -0.471 0.980 0.000
z 0.002 0.000 0.814


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 44.779
(<r2>)1/2 6.692