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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

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)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.733072
Energy at 298.15K-189.735792
HF Energy-189.508905
Nuclear repulsion energy70.225475
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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3739 3587 67.63 71.65 0.16 0.27
2 A' 3095 2969 35.95 116.47 0.24 0.39
3 A' 1798 1725 353.91 14.99 0.11 0.19
4 A' 1409 1352 1.96 4.98 0.55 0.71
5 A' 1304 1251 9.87 2.31 0.20 0.34
6 A' 1127 1081 262.32 3.10 0.20 0.33
7 A' 629 603 41.05 3.40 0.31 0.48
8 A" 1060 1017 2.53 0.93 0.75 0.86
9 A" 678 651 136.67 0.39 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7419.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7118.0 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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.60579 0.40180 0.34812

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.421 0.000
O2 -1.030 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.160 0.113 0.000
H4 -0.378 1.445 0.000
H5 -0.657 -1.337 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34441.20021.09161.8767
O21.34442.25951.99710.9689
O31.20022.25952.03512.3244
H41.09161.99712.03512.7958
H51.87670.96892.32442.7958

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 107.322 O2 C1 O3 125.137
O2 C1 H4 109.692 O3 C1 H4 125.170
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.726452
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.502037
Nuclear repulsion energy70.024098
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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3804 3650 65.47 102.86 0.19 0.32
2 A' 3009 2887 67.60 114.20 0.23 0.38
3 A' 1842 1767 290.73 17.71 0.16 0.28
4 A' 1420 1362 0.26 4.37 0.48 0.65
5 A' 1275 1224 307.95 1.42 0.69 0.82
6 A' 1110 1065 56.90 10.01 0.30 0.46
7 A' 659 632 9.80 0.61 0.42 0.59
8 A" 1039 996 0.04 1.09 0.75 0.86
9 A" 531 510 83.01 0.64 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7344.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7045.9 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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.91047 0.39001 0.34392

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.896 -0.625 0.000
O3 1.178 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.462 1.382 0.000
H5 -1.791 -0.266 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35121.19331.09801.9061
O21.35122.23122.05330.9638
O31.19332.23122.02423.0049
H41.09802.05332.02422.1170
H51.90610.96383.00492.1170

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 109.710 O2 C1 O3 122.404
O2 C1 H4 113.530 O3 C1 H4 124.066
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability