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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.599211
Energy at 298.15K-264.605121
HF Energy-264.599211
Nuclear repulsion energy127.546417
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 M06-2X/3-21G*
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 3675 3481 47.44      
2 A 3186 3018 533.80      
3 A 3128 2963 76.22      
4 A 2416 2289 1022.85      
5 A 1804 1709 224.34      
6 A 1685 1596 177.74      
7 A 1564 1481 112.57      
8 A 1429 1354 37.56      
9 A 1294 1225 216.04      
10 A 1277 1210 167.66      
11 A 1092 1035 6.34      
12 A 939 889 486.61      
13 A 760 720 9.13      
14 A 572 541 78.00      
15 A 443 420 15.43      
16 A 401 380 188.76      
17 A 287 272 8.45      
18 A 275 260 36.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13112.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12420.1 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 M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
0.38733 0.20148 0.13373

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.596 0.908 -0.046
O2 -0.450 1.145 -0.001
O3 1.702 -0.038 -0.086
C4 -1.134 0.008 0.020
O5 -0.624 -1.130 -0.001
H6 -2.212 0.160 0.061
H7 2.331 -0.110 0.671
H8 1.060 -0.828 -0.097

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H11.07311.45591.95072.37502.90732.13571.7980
O21.07312.45701.32742.28162.01953.12422.4868
O31.45592.45702.83802.57063.92160.98651.0185
C41.95071.32742.83801.24681.08963.52712.3505
O52.37502.28162.57061.24682.04713.19691.7130
H62.90732.01953.92161.08962.04714.59153.4216
H72.13573.12420.98653.52713.19694.59151.6494
H81.79802.48681.01852.35051.71303.42161.6494

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 108.243 H1 O3 H7 120.738
H1 O3 H8 91.461 O2 H1 O3 152.274
O2 C4 O5 124.805 O2 C4 H6 112.971
O5 C4 H6 122.224 H7 O3 H8 110.686
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.413      
2 O -0.617      
3 O -0.707      
4 C 0.450      
5 O -0.534      
6 H 0.225      
7 H 0.376      
8 H 0.394      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.079 -0.221 1.565 1.914
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.293 -1.454 3.777
y -1.454 -28.211 -0.084
z 3.777 -0.084 -22.500
Traceless
 xyz
x 8.063 -1.454 3.777
y -1.454 -8.315 -0.084
z 3.777 -0.084 0.252
Polar
3z2-r20.505
x2-y210.918
xy-1.454
xz3.777
yz-0.084


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.959 -0.110 0.334
y -0.110 3.217 -0.012
z 0.334 -0.012 1.313


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 84.368
(<r2>)1/2 9.185