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

using model chemistry: G4

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 G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.692992
Energy at 298.15K-189.688874
HF Energy-189.775290
Nuclear repulsion energy70.229611
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 B3LYP/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' 3729 3599 45.96 69.41 0.27 0.43
2 A' 3043 2936 49.68 96.50 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1849 1784 302.32 6.48 0.17 0.30
4 A' 1414 1364 3.33 8.42 0.65 0.79
5 A' 1319 1273 9.87 1.25 0.26 0.41
6 A' 1134 1095 225.07 1.85 0.17 0.29
7 A' 628 606 44.93 3.75 0.50 0.67
8 A" 1063 1025 0.73 1.98 0.75 0.86
9 A" 695 671 131.23 1.56 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7437.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7176.7 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.60626 0.40197 0.34826

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 -1.029 -0.445 0.000
O3 1.159 0.116 0.000
H4 -0.393 1.448 0.000
H5 -0.646 -1.337 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34441.19821.10041.8720
O21.34442.25941.99690.9708
O31.19822.25942.04462.3179
H41.10041.99692.04462.7963
H51.87200.97082.31792.7963

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 107.360 O2 C1 O3 125.949
O2 C1 H4 108.953 O3 C1 H4 125.099
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.182      
2 O -0.323      
3 O -0.281      
4 H 0.117      
5 H 0.306      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.400 -0.400 0.000 1.456
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.914
(<r2>)1/2 6.076

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.686747
Energy at 298.15K-189.682555
HF Energy-189.768383
Nuclear repulsion energy70.033589
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 B3LYP/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' 3792 3659 46.03 90.04 0.28 0.44
2 A' 2950 2846 84.86 82.74 0.29 0.45
3 A' 1894 1828 253.29 8.02 0.18 0.30
4 A' 1434 1383 0.79 7.31 0.62 0.76
5 A' 1284 1239 299.24 2.75 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1129 1089 34.38 8.00 0.34 0.51
7 A' 662 639 8.04 0.57 0.64 0.78
8 A" 1047 1010 0.62 2.26 0.75 0.86
9 A" 535 516 81.01 2.09 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7362.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7104.6 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.90849 0.39032 0.34414

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.384 0.000
O2 -0.895 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.178 0.198 0.000
H4 -0.472 1.386 0.000
H5 -1.790 -0.266 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34961.19221.10761.9047
O21.34962.23042.05590.9655
O31.19222.23042.03313.0041
H41.10762.05592.03312.1130
H51.90470.96553.00412.1130

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 109.606 O2 C1 O3 122.556
O2 C1 H4 113.219 O3 C1 H4 124.225
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.174      
2 O -0.321      
3 O -0.245      
4 H 0.083      
5 H 0.309      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.456 1.364 0.000 3.716
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.410
(<r2>)1/2 6.116