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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.406378
Energy at 298.15K-189.409125
HF Energy-188.784495
Nuclear repulsion energy70.565074
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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3829 3605 62.72      
2 A' 3126 2943 38.72      
3 A' 1894 1783 312.29      
4 A' 1450 1366 4.33      
5 A' 1358 1279 12.05      
6 A' 1175 1107 235.88      
7 A' 644 606 49.85      
8 A" 1103 1039 0.30      
9 A" 694 654 141.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7636.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9416) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7190.5 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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.64199 0.40526 0.35137

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.411 0.000
O2 -1.028 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.157 0.118 0.000
H4 -0.385 1.436 0.000
H5 -0.652 -1.327 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33401.19381.09511.8558
O21.33402.25541.98270.9632
O31.19382.25542.02872.3159
H41.09511.98272.02872.7755
H51.85580.96322.31592.7755

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 106.662 O2 C1 O3 126.215
O2 C1 H4 109.021 O3 C1 H4 124.764
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.398822
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.776315
Nuclear repulsion energy70.334194
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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3896 3669 68.29      
2 A' 3042 2865 66.22      
3 A' 1933 1820 258.36      
4 A' 1472 1386 1.23      
5 A' 1330 1253 314.62      
6 A' 1163 1096 34.07      
7 A' 673 634 9.44      
8 A" 1084 1021 0.84      
9 A" 520 490 87.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7557.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9416) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7116.2 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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.95591 0.39271 0.34666

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.379 0.000
O2 -0.894 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.174 0.198 0.000
H4 -0.465 1.378 0.000
H5 -1.780 -0.255 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34271.18801.10121.8893
O21.34272.22452.04600.9593
O31.18802.22452.01932.9881
H41.10122.04602.01932.0963
H51.88930.95932.98812.0963

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 109.174 O2 C1 O3 122.926
O2 C1 H4 113.321 O3 C1 H4 123.753
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability