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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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 MP3=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.030272
Energy at 298.15K-188.032974
HF Energy-187.697849
Nuclear repulsion energy68.866737
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 MP3=FULL/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' 3572 3572 16.77      
2 A' 3148 3148 42.31      
3 A' 1804 1804 204.39      
4 A' 1476 1476 4.36      
5 A' 1374 1374 9.27      
6 A' 1089 1089 253.28      
7 A' 628 628 55.89      
8 A" 1087 1087 3.26      
9 A" 649 649 205.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7413.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7413.3 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 MP3=FULL/3-21G*
ABC
2.51294 0.38558 0.33429

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.435 0.000
O2 -1.045 -0.465 0.000
O3 1.181 0.131 0.000
H4 -0.405 1.447 0.000
H5 -0.684 -1.387 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37871.21951.09001.9465
O21.37872.30412.01590.9909
O31.21952.30412.06102.4048
H41.09002.01592.06102.8481
H51.94650.99092.40482.8481

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 109.367 O2 C1 O3 124.830
O2 C1 H4 108.919 O3 C1 H4 126.251
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.019963
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.686193
Nuclear repulsion energy68.675740
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 MP3=FULL/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' 3605 3605 22.46      
2 A' 3023 3023 81.48      
3 A' 1853 1853 162.04      
4 A' 1514 1514 1.05      
5 A' 1259 1259 262.50      
6 A' 1114 1114 102.73      
7 A' 662 662 10.96      
8 A" 1069 1069 0.77      
9 A" 425 425 133.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7261.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7261.8 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 MP3=FULL/3-21G*
ABC
2.80957 0.37461 0.33054

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.399 0.000
O2 -0.911 -0.642 0.000
O3 1.199 0.206 0.000
H4 -0.464 1.396 0.000
H5 -1.837 -0.304 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38391.21431.09931.9673
O21.38392.27442.08670.9860
O31.21432.27442.04443.0789
H41.09932.08672.04442.1855
H51.96730.98603.07892.1855

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 111.120 O2 C1 O3 122.046
O2 C1 H4 113.861 O3 C1 H4 124.093
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability