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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

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 MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.035459
Energy at 298.15K-188.038159
HF Energy-187.695415
Nuclear repulsion energy68.299496
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 MP2/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3492 3333 20.24 87.44 0.31 0.48
2 A' 3148 3005 50.45 101.05 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1704 1626 170.99 4.30 0.27 0.42
4 A' 1463 1396 1.28 14.28 0.61 0.76
5 A' 1344 1283 8.10 1.72 0.64 0.78
6 A' 1056 1008 246.78 3.15 0.15 0.26
7 A' 611 583 47.63 5.13 0.64 0.78
8 A" 1084 1035 6.45 2.03 0.75 0.86
9 A" 674 644 191.29 4.17 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7288.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6956.6 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
2.49606 0.37805 0.32832

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.437 0.000
O2 -1.057 -0.463 0.000
O3 1.195 0.128 0.000
H4 -0.414 1.445 0.000
H5 -0.686 -1.388 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38801.23381.09001.9496
O21.38802.32802.01350.9972
O31.23382.32802.07872.4157
H41.09002.01352.07872.8464
H51.94960.99722.41572.8464

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 108.537 O2 C1 O3 125.124
O2 C1 H4 108.090 O3 C1 H4 126.786
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.024157
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.684002
Nuclear repulsion energy68.141831
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 MP2/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3541 3380 26.33 114.71 0.30 0.47
2 A' 3010 2873 99.94 85.76 0.30 0.46
3 A' 1756 1676 134.24 2.83 0.10 0.18
4 A' 1494 1426 0.00 14.77 0.63 0.77
5 A' 1228 1172 245.48 8.81 0.75 0.86
6 A' 1088 1039 103.77 7.18 0.25 0.40
7 A' 647 617 12.15 1.54 0.65 0.79
8 A" 1064 1016 0.48 2.59 0.75 0.86
9 A" 459 438 126.72 4.02 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7142.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6817.9 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
2.78307 0.36812 0.32512

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.401 0.000
O2 -0.922 -0.642 0.000
O3 1.212 0.203 0.000
H4 -0.471 1.395 0.000
H5 -1.848 -0.288 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.39211.22811.10011.9720
O21.39212.29552.08650.9911
O31.22812.29552.06223.0991
H41.10012.08652.06222.1745
H51.97200.99113.09912.1745

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 110.551 O2 C1 O3 122.228
O2 C1 H4 113.172 O3 C1 H4 124.600
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability