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All results from a given calculation for HCOOH (Formic acid)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
1 2 no CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.309814
Energy at 298.15K-189.312541
HF Energy-188.779547
Nuclear repulsion energy69.722347
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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
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' 3742 3566        
2 A' 3080 2935        
3 A' 1839 1753        
4 A' 1413 1346        
5 A' 1332 1270        
6 A' 1143 1090        
7 A' 628 598        
8 A" 1052 1003        
9 A" 693 661        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7460.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7110.8 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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.56428 0.39649 0.34340

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.040 -0.443 0.000
O3 1.168 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.390 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.632 -1.330 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35351.20941.11101.8628
O21.35352.27672.01400.9758
O31.20942.27672.06392.3051
H41.11102.01402.06392.8030
H51.86280.97582.30512.8030

picture of Formic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 105.053 O2 C1 O3 125.232
O2 C1 H4 109.217 O3 C1 H4 125.551
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.301518
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.770492
Nuclear repulsion energy69.500261
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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
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 3632        
2 A' 2976 2837        
3 A' 1879 1791        
4 A' 1423 1356        
5 A' 1311 1249        
6 A' 1124 1072        
7 A' 654 624        
8 A" 1031 983        
9 A" 512 488        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7360.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7015.4 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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.85425 0.38459 0.33892

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.905 -0.629 0.000
O3 1.188 0.195 0.000
H4 -0.472 1.399 0.000
H5 -1.789 -0.229 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35931.20311.11891.8911
O21.35932.24982.07410.9698
O31.20312.24982.05103.0068
H41.11892.07412.05102.0938
H51.89110.96983.00682.0938

picture of Formic acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 107.389 O2 C1 O3 122.681
O2 C1 H4 113.276 O3 C1 H4 124.043
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability