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

using model chemistry: G2

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 G2
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.516480
Energy at 298.15K-189.512342
HF Energy-188.762310
Nuclear repulsion energy71.291976
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 HF/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' 4041 3807 105.39 54.80 0.30 0.47
2 A' 3319 3127 54.71 84.84 0.27 0.42
3 A' 2035 1917 463.77 7.11 0.26 0.41
4 A' 1552 1463 14.12 7.09 0.62 0.76
5 A' 1440 1356 21.43 0.73 0.49 0.66
6 A' 1274 1201 298.46 2.09 0.12 0.21
7 A' 692 652 66.70 3.17 0.61 0.76
8 A" 1193 1124 1.78 2.35 0.75 0.86
9 A" 716 674 203.83 1.15 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8130.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7660.6 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=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.57251 0.39653 0.34357

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.041 -0.437 0.000
O3 1.170 0.105 0.000
H4 -0.379 1.452 0.000
H5 -0.651 -1.336 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35041.21241.09611.8757
O21.35042.27602.00150.9800
O31.21242.27602.05272.3214
H41.09612.00152.05272.8010
H51.87570.98002.32142.8010

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 108.716 O2 C1 O3 124.868
O2 C1 H4 110.397 O3 C1 H4 124.735
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at G2
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.510284
Energy at 298.15K-189.506040
HF Energy-188.752545
Nuclear repulsion energy71.039570
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 HF/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' 4107 3870 105.99 64.09 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3228 3042 93.49 75.52 0.28 0.43
3 A' 2081 1961 391.93 9.17 0.20 0.34
4 A' 1583 1492 6.17 6.45 0.66 0.79
5 A' 1426 1343 432.81 3.00 0.53 0.69
6 A' 1237 1166 30.22 5.39 0.29 0.45
7 A' 724 682 12.87 0.93 0.69 0.82
8 A" 1179 1111 8.44 2.53 0.75 0.86
9 A" 517 488 119.88 1.29 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8041.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7576.4 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.87280 0.38451 0.33912

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.907 -0.622 0.000
O3 1.190 0.188 0.000
H4 -0.455 1.392 0.000
H5 -1.805 -0.243 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35641.20611.10391.9116
O21.35642.24782.06410.9744
O31.20612.24782.03863.0254
H41.10392.06412.03862.1202
H51.91160.97443.02542.1202

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 111.555 O2 C1 O3 122.997
O2 C1 H4 113.769 O3 C1 H4 123.234
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability