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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.563147
Energy at 298.15K-265.567831
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy122.905324
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 CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
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 3954 3795        
2 A 3782 3629        
3 A 3538 3395        
4 A 3154 3027        
5 A 1780 1708        
6 A 1642 1576        
7 A 1460 1401        
8 A 1400 1343        
9 A 1210 1161        
10 A 1068 1025        
11 A 899 863        
12 A 679 652        
13 A 538 517        
14 A 357 342        
15 A 242 232        
16 A 211 203        
17 A 170 163        
18 A 161 154        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13121.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12591.5 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 CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
ABC
0.38602 0.16128 0.11434

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.376 0.979 -0.005
O2 -0.596 1.141 0.006
O3 1.917 0.009 -0.081
C4 -1.219 -0.044 0.009
O5 -0.674 -1.140 0.003
H6 -2.305 0.088 0.018
H7 2.652 -0.060 0.538
H8 1.417 -0.821 -0.022

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.98521.82311.89482.36512.82462.56072.0800
O20.98522.75801.33902.28302.00713.50392.8116
O31.82312.75803.13802.83564.22370.96360.9708
C41.89481.33903.13801.22451.09363.90742.7485
O52.36512.28302.83561.22452.04183.53802.1152
H62.82462.00714.22371.09362.04184.98633.8314
H72.56073.50390.96363.90743.53804.98631.5555
H82.08002.81160.97082.74852.11523.83141.5555

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 108.257 H1 O3 H7 130.991
H1 O3 H8 90.972 O2 H1 O3 157.218
O2 C4 O5 125.827 O2 C4 H6 110.790
O5 C4 H6 123.382 H7 O3 H8 107.049
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at CCSD(T)/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.479      
2 O -0.589      
3 O -0.821      
4 C 0.583      
5 O -0.613      
6 H 0.143      
7 H 0.388      
8 H 0.430      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.581 0.198 1.293 1.431
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.780 -2.050 3.718
y -2.050 -28.675 -0.054
z 3.718 -0.054 -23.867
Traceless
 xyz
x 10.491 -2.050 3.718
y -2.050 -8.851 -0.054
z 3.718 -0.054 -1.639
Polar
3z2-r2-3.279
x2-y212.895
xy-2.050
xz3.718
yz-0.054


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


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