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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311+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 MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.814846
Energy at 298.15K-265.819684
Counterpoise corrected energy-265.724007
CP Energy at 298.15K-265.728734
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy123.936619
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 MP2/6-311+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 3946 3749 116.46      
2 A 3724 3538 229.88      
3 A 3438 3266 587.35      
4 A 3122 2966 58.59      
5 A 1777 1688 309.72      
6 A 1623 1542 127.06      
7 A 1458 1385 1.75      
8 A 1396 1327 13.75      
9 A 1227 1165 229.62      
10 A 1081 1027 10.61      
11 A 932 885 115.80      
12 A 698 663 45.01      
13 A 604 574 139.38      
14 A 367 349 71.13      
15 A 252 239 98.74      
16 A 217 207 25.95      
17 A 189 180 45.75      
18 A 175 167 16.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13113.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.95) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12458.1 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 MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
ABC
0.39395 0.16748 0.11822

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.390 0.957 0.007
O2 -0.580 1.131 0.009
O3 1.886 0.008 -0.088
C4 -1.197 -0.042 0.006
O5 -0.659 -1.128 0.004
H6 -2.282 0.090 0.008
H7 2.577 -0.099 0.568
H8 1.321 -0.777 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.98531.77411.87492.33382.80872.49241.9675
O20.98532.71121.32492.26051.99473.43392.6928
O31.77412.71123.08492.78804.16960.95860.9695
C41.87491.32493.08491.21301.09263.81642.6231
O52.33382.26052.78801.21302.02993.44222.0104
H62.80871.99474.16961.09262.02994.89493.7055
H72.49243.43390.95863.81643.44224.89491.5419
H81.96752.69280.96952.62312.01043.70551.5419

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 107.591 H1 O3 H7 129.119
H1 O3 H8 86.400 O2 H1 O3 157.603
O2 C4 O5 125.866 O2 C4 H6 110.833
O5 C4 H6 123.301 H7 O3 H8 106.206
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.324      
2 O -0.580      
3 O -0.386      
4 C 0.988      
5 O -0.780      
6 H 0.059      
7 H 0.092      
8 H 0.283      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.365 0.331 1.242 1.336
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.606 -1.770 3.579
y -1.770 -28.285 -0.135
z 3.579 -0.135 -23.546
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.310 -1.770 3.579
y -1.770 -8.210 -0.135
z 3.579 -0.135 -1.100
Polar
3z2-r2-2.201
x2-y211.680
xy-1.770
xz3.579
yz-0.135


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.366 -0.081 0.098
y -0.081 3.400 -0.193
z 0.098 -0.193 4.958


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