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

using model chemistry: B3LYP_cp/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 B3LYP_cp/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.224370
Energy at 298.15K-266.217621
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B3LYP/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 3895 3756 103.46      
2 A 3673 3541 201.07      
3 A 3342 3223 636.08      
4 A 3088 2977 74.58      
5 A 1777 1713 363.83      
6 A 1606 1549 158.07      
7 A 1450 1398 2.70      
8 A 1386 1336 18.14      
9 A 1223 1180 233.12      
10 A 1065 1027 13.06      
11 A 935 901 157.45      
12 A 695 670 46.78      
13 A 597 576 176.37      
14 A 381 368 87.51      
15 A 273 263 119.86      
16 A 222 214 23.34      
17 A 194 187 45.69      
18 A 173 167 14.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12987.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12522.6 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.39097 0.16649 0.11744

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.409 0.968 -0.003
O2 -0.571 1.135 0.006
O3 1.887 -0.001 -0.085
C4 -1.204 -0.034 0.008
O5 -0.672 -1.132 0.004
H6 -2.293 0.106 0.017
H7 2.599 -0.068 0.562
H8 1.354 -0.816 -0.027

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.99401.76911.89892.36182.83612.48812.0193
O20.99402.70881.32942.26872.00583.43602.7407
O31.76912.70883.09182.79854.18200.96480.9758
C41.89891.32943.09181.21931.09833.84292.6742
O52.36182.26872.79851.21932.03963.48442.0500
H62.83612.00584.18201.09832.03964.92533.7615
H72.48813.43600.96483.84293.48444.92531.5677
H82.01932.74070.97582.67422.05003.76151.5677

picture of Formic acid water dimer state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.432      
2 O -0.443      
3 O -0.774      
4 C 0.369      
5 O -0.497      
6 H 0.132      
7 H 0.377      
8 H 0.404      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.823 0.157 1.283 1.533
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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