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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.046487
Energy at 298.15K-266.051541
HF Energy-266.046487
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy124.578780
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/Def2TZVPP
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 3764 3719 62.34      
2 A 3449 3407 375.43      
3 A 3039 3002 590.64      
4 A 2964 2928 194.93      
5 A 1712 1691 278.61      
6 A 1597 1578 102.60      
7 A 1434 1417 4.02      
8 A 1340 1323 11.33      
9 A 1188 1173 182.39      
10 A 1034 1021 41.89      
11 A 965 953 65.73      
12 A 710 702 169.13      
13 A 667 659 68.93      
14 A 385 380 66.97      
15 A 321 317 86.52      
16 A 244 241 46.29      
17 A 204 202 29.96      
18 A 189 187 6.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12603.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9879) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12450.6 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/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.38776 0.17237 0.12038

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.400 0.975 -0.006
O2 -0.586 1.140 0.005
O3 1.864 0.010 -0.088
C4 -1.187 -0.049 0.011
O5 -0.638 -1.139 -0.001
H6 -2.286 0.073 0.027
H7 2.576 -0.056 0.564
H8 1.313 -0.793 0.013

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.00031.75511.88912.35522.83392.47461.9902
O21.00032.69991.33252.28002.00733.42712.7103
O31.75512.69993.05322.75424.15200.96790.9797
C41.88911.33253.05321.22091.10583.80392.6083
O52.35522.28002.75421.22092.04633.43821.9806
H62.83392.00734.15201.10582.04634.89363.7016
H72.47463.42710.96793.80393.43824.89361.5635
H81.99022.71030.97972.60831.98063.70161.5635

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 107.299 H1 O3 H7 128.321
H1 O3 H8 88.681 O2 H1 O3 156.039
O2 C4 O5 126.433 O2 C4 H6 110.478
O5 C4 H6 123.089 H7 O3 H8 106.796
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.236      
2 O -0.243      
3 O -0.391      
4 C 0.202      
5 O -0.325      
6 H 0.089      
7 H 0.214      
8 H 0.217      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.508 0.300 1.330 1.455
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.232 -1.217 3.662
y -1.217 -27.819 -0.062
z 3.662 -0.062 -23.321
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.338 -1.217 3.662
y -1.217 -6.542 -0.062
z 3.662 -0.062 0.205
Polar
3z2-r20.409
x2-y28.587
xy-1.217
xz3.662
yz-0.062


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.617 -0.204 0.146
y -0.204 4.805 -0.002
z 0.146 -0.002 3.080


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 92.350
(<r2>)1/2 9.610