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

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

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)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.496537
Energy at 298.15K-265.501516
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy123.251136
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)/6-31G*
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 3811 3666        
2 A 3656 3517        
3 A 3375 3247        
4 A 3111 2993        
5 A 1808 1740        
6 A 1752 1685        
7 A 1499 1442        
8 A 1422 1368        
9 A 1236 1190        
10 A 1075 1034        
11 A 960 923        
12 A 712 685        
13 A 640 616        
14 A 371 357        
15 A 293 282        
16 A 243 234        
17 A 199 192        
18 A 190 183        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13175.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9621) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12675.8 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)/6-31G*
ABC
0.38441 0.16344 0.11580

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.401 0.962 -0.042
O2 -0.579 1.142 -0.003
O3 1.926 -0.002 -0.091
C4 -1.206 -0.037 0.018
O5 -0.673 -1.138 -0.002
H6 -2.296 0.103 0.057
H7 2.391 -0.069 0.760
H8 1.346 -0.791 -0.122

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.99721.80441.89362.35942.83312.38031.9932
O20.99722.75481.33532.28182.00833.29652.7303
O31.80442.75483.13412.83754.22620.97230.9799
C41.89361.33533.13411.22391.09993.67292.6649
O52.35942.28182.83751.22392.04453.33292.0517
H62.83312.00834.22621.09992.04454.74283.7547
H72.38033.29650.97233.67293.33294.74281.5462
H81.99322.73030.97992.66492.05173.75471.5462

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 107.672 H1 O3 H7 114.670
H1 O3 H8 86.051 O2 H1 O3 158.071
O2 C4 O5 126.098 O2 C4 H6 110.749
O5 C4 H6 123.153 H7 O3 H8 104.752
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at CCSD(T)/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.528      
2 O -0.714      
3 O -0.915      
4 C 0.556      
5 O -0.583      
6 H 0.191      
7 H 0.448      
8 H 0.488      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.049 0.187 1.546 1.558
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.714 -1.773 4.041
y -1.773 -28.057 0.046
z 4.041 0.046 -22.361
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.495 -1.773 4.041
y -1.773 -7.519 0.046
z 4.041 0.046 1.025
Polar
3z2-r22.049
x2-y29.343
xy-1.773
xz4.041
yz0.046


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