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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.091478
Energy at 298.15K-266.096639
Nuclear repulsion energy125.119177
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 B1B95/6-31G*
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 3868 3672 80.21      
2 A 3661 3475 224.17      
3 A 3271 3105 612.53      
4 A 3116 2958 117.13      
5 A 1845 1752 334.79      
6 A 1728 1640 105.40      
7 A 1501 1424 3.12      
8 A 1421 1349 18.90      
9 A 1276 1211 197.93      
10 A 1087 1032 21.31      
11 A 997 947 137.13      
12 A 738 700 200.58      
13 A 678 644 149.73      
14 A 399 379 96.48      
15 A 317 301 72.53      
16 A 265 252 47.74      
17 A 221 210 9.33      
18 A 205 194 18.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13295.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12621.7 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.39356 0.17143 0.12064

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.425 0.941 -0.041
O2 -0.554 1.129 -0.003
O3 1.880 -0.008 -0.091
C4 -1.182 -0.029 0.017
O5 -0.660 -1.124 -0.001
H6 -2.269 0.113 0.057
H7 2.319 -0.066 0.766
H8 1.289 -0.784 -0.123

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8
H10.99741.73801.87772.33302.81962.29191.9309
O20.99742.68781.31732.25541.99383.20492.6586
O31.73802.68783.06382.77564.15310.96490.9760
C41.87771.31733.06381.21331.09693.57992.5870
O52.33302.25542.77561.21332.03063.25281.9817
H62.81961.99384.15311.09692.03064.64553.6732
H72.29193.20490.96493.57993.25284.64551.5384
H81.93092.65860.97602.58701.98173.67321.5384

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 107.629 H1 O3 H7 112.823
H1 O3 H8 85.859 O2 H1 O3 157.751
O2 C4 O5 126.019 O2 C4 H6 111.021
O5 C4 H6 122.960 H7 O3 H8 104.863
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.456      
2 O -0.561      
3 O -0.817      
4 C 0.370      
5 O -0.462      
6 H 0.161      
7 H 0.416      
8 H 0.437      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.412 0.145 1.478 1.542
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.371 -1.440 3.825
y -1.440 -27.017 0.032
z 3.825 0.032 -22.165
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.220 -1.440 3.825
y -1.440 -6.249 0.032
z 3.825 0.032 1.029
Polar
3z2-r22.058
x2-y27.646
xy-1.440
xz3.825
yz0.032


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.267 -0.160 0.186
y -0.160 3.708 0.002
z 0.186 0.002 2.047


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 91.730
(<r2>)1/2 9.578