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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.914393
Energy at 298.15K-264.918905
Counterpoise corrected energy-264.913786
CP Energy at 298.15K-264.918257
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy123.735172
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/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
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 4227 3830 144.47      
2 A 4093 3708 99.40      
3 A 3928 3559 441.87      
4 A 3237 2932 59.27      
5 A 1962 1778 473.20      
6 A 1747 1583 147.39      
7 A 1549 1403 4.87      
8 A 1492 1352 26.58      
9 A 1315 1192 281.56      
10 A 1203 1090 0.05      
11 A 872 790 174.60      
12 A 740 671 49.18      
13 A 500 453 134.81      
14 A 334 303 85.20      
15 A 194 175 56.80      
16 A 178 161 15.89      
17 A 159 144 104.61      
18 A 135 123 16.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13932.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.906) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12622.8 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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
ABC
0.41042 0.15075 0.11067

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.314 0.984 0.003
O2 -0.633 1.106 0.007
O3 1.989 0.015 -0.071
C4 -1.240 -0.050 0.005
O5 -0.708 -1.106 0.004
H6 -2.317 0.074 0.007
H7 2.754 -0.073 0.466
H8 1.510 -0.799 -0.023

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.95461.93631.86582.32652.78392.69942.1470
O20.95462.84081.30552.21381.97553.61592.8676
O31.93632.84083.22982.92164.30690.93960.9452
C41.86581.30553.22981.18261.08464.02052.8501
O52.32652.21382.92161.18261.99533.64292.2398
H62.78391.97554.30691.08461.99535.09443.9257
H72.69943.61590.93964.02053.64295.09441.5211
H82.14702.86760.94522.85012.23983.92571.5211

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 110.318 H1 O3 H7 136.843
H1 O3 H8 89.481 O2 H1 O3 157.240
O2 C4 O5 125.610 O2 C4 H6 111.152
O5 C4 H6 123.238 H7 O3 H8 107.619
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311+G(3df,2pd) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.267      
2 O -0.538      
3 O -0.331      
4 C 1.000      
5 O -0.775      
6 H 0.049      
7 H 0.097      
8 H 0.231      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.671 0.284 1.015 1.249
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.498 -2.039 3.151
y -2.039 -27.729 -0.058
z 3.151 -0.058 -23.680
Traceless
 xyz
x 10.206 -2.039 3.151
y -2.039 -8.140 -0.058
z 3.151 -0.058 -2.067
Polar
3z2-r2-4.134
x2-y212.231
xy-2.039
xz3.151
yz-0.058


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.550 -0.134 0.069
y -0.134 4.332 0.006
z 0.069 0.006 3.038


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