return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+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 B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.131213
Energy at 298.15K-266.136038
Nuclear repulsion energy124.204137
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 B1B95/6-31+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 3944 3773 115.62      
2 A 3739 3577 175.49      
3 A 3394 3246 642.16      
4 A 3101 2967 73.50      
5 A 1812 1733 383.36      
6 A 1610 1540 145.37      
7 A 1444 1381 2.67      
8 A 1387 1327 24.34      
9 A 1244 1190 226.02      
10 A 1069 1022 11.22      
11 A 932 892 159.92      
12 A 694 664 43.81      
13 A 566 542 187.10      
14 A 368 352 90.62      
15 A 265 254 122.53      
16 A 217 208 26.69      
17 A 189 180 40.73      
18 A 177 169 7.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13075.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12507.9 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
0.39454 0.16587 0.11747

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.397 0.961 -0.006
O2 -0.578 1.129 0.004
O3 1.891 0.003 -0.084
C4 -1.203 -0.036 0.010
O5 -0.670 -1.127 0.003
H6 -2.292 0.100 0.022
H7 2.591 -0.058 0.572
H8 1.372 -0.817 -0.034

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.98991.77681.88632.34522.82402.48702.0280
O20.98992.71561.32202.25761.99883.43132.7550
O31.77682.71563.09652.80044.18580.96120.9713
C41.88631.32203.09651.21451.09713.83602.6917
O52.34522.25762.80041.21452.03433.47842.0656
H62.82401.99884.18581.09712.03434.91643.7775
H72.48703.43130.96123.83603.47844.91641.5587
H82.02802.75500.97132.69172.06563.77751.5587

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 108.498 H1 O3 H7 128.028
H1 O3 H8 90.202 O2 H1 O3 156.972
O2 C4 O5 125.695 O2 C4 H6 111.090
O5 C4 H6 123.214 H7 O3 H8 107.523
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.430      
2 O -0.433      
3 O -0.778      
4 C 0.349      
5 O -0.492      
6 H 0.139      
7 H 0.380      
8 H 0.406      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.845 0.153 1.290 1.550
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.161 -1.719 3.729
y -1.719 -28.070 -0.049
z 3.729 -0.049 -23.854
Traceless
 xyz
x 8.801 -1.719 3.729
y -1.719 -7.562 -0.049
z 3.729 -0.049 -1.239
Polar
3z2-r2-2.477
x2-y210.909
xy-1.719
xz3.729
yz-0.049


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.982 -0.188 0.083
y -0.188 4.661 0.025
z 0.083 0.025 2.886


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 94.312
(<r2>)1/2 9.711