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All results from a given calculation for H2O (Water)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.585960
Energy at 298.15K-75.587058
HF Energy-75.585960
Nuclear repulsion energy9.096844
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 HF/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 A1 3811 3451 0.05 95.71 0.22 0.36
2 A1 1800 1630 79.89 11.50 0.43 0.60
3 B2 3944 3572 9.12 44.12 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4777.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9056) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4326.5 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 HF/3-21G
ABC
28.93243 13.72945 9.31104

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.114
H2 0.000 0.780 -0.456
H3 0.000 -0.780 -0.456

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 H3
O10.96680.9668
H20.96681.5610
H30.96681.5610

picture of Water state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 O1 H3 107.668
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.733      
2 H 0.366      
3 H 0.366      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.388 2.388
CHELPG 0.000 0.000 -2.413 2.413
AIM        
ESP 0.000 0.000 -2.411 2.411


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -6.838 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.972 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.882
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.911 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.388 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.477
Polar
3z2-r2-0.954
x2-y2-2.866
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.116 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.008 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.538


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 5.214
(<r2>)1/2 2.284