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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.056058
Energy at 298.15K-152.058745
HF Energy-152.056058
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy36.522638
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/6-31G**
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' 4238 3825 105.11      
2 A' 4143 3739 27.44      
3 A' 4099 3700 181.15      
4 A' 1797 1622 98.39      
5 A' 1768 1596 111.73      
6 A' 377 340 85.94      
7 A' 178 160 120.72      
8 A' 136 123 259.72      
9 A" 4256 3842 89.11      
10 A" 612 553 202.83      
11 A" 138 125 124.33      
12 A" 118 107 88.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10929.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9865.3 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
7.36849 0.20544 0.20541

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.100 0.602 0.000
O2 0.001 1.545 0.000
O3 0.001 -1.433 0.000
H4 0.876 1.896 0.000
H5 -0.500 -1.696 0.755
H6 -0.500 -1.696 -0.755

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6
H10.94762.03751.50892.49242.4924
O20.94762.97760.94243.36503.3650
O32.03752.97763.44220.94400.9440
H41.50890.94243.44223.92023.9202
H52.49243.36500.94403.92021.5108
H62.49243.36500.94403.92021.5108

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 105.947 H1 O3 H5 107.696
H1 O3 H6 107.696 O2 H1 O3 171.257
H5 O3 H6 106.308
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.363      
2 O -0.716      
3 O -0.671      
4 H 0.325      
5 H 0.350      
6 H 0.350      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.130 -2.620 0.000 2.623
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.984 6.938 0.000
y 6.938 -11.959 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.151
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.571 6.938 0.000
y 6.938 -0.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.321
Polar
3z2-r20.642
x2-y20.975
xy6.938
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.444 0.303 0.000
y 0.303 1.707 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.390


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 54.741
(<r2>)1/2 7.399