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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31G*

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 CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.252313
Energy at 298.15K-189.255044
HF Energy-188.759390
Nuclear repulsion energy69.900094
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/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' 3701 3495 54.18      
2 A' 3142 2967 43.92      
3 A' 1880 1775 308.37      
4 A' 1446 1366 5.76      
5 A' 1358 1283 10.00      
6 A' 1172 1107 257.22      
7 A' 636 601 53.89      
8 A" 1071 1011 0.64      
9 A" 699 660 171.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7552.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7131.8 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
2.56819 0.39915 0.34546

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.418 0.000
O2 -1.037 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.167 0.113 0.000
H4 -0.379 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.666 -1.343 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34571.20651.10011.8828
O21.34572.27202.00170.9758
O31.20652.27202.04512.3410
H41.10012.00172.04512.8083
H51.88280.97582.34102.8083

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 125.710
O2 C1 H4 109.451 O3 C1 H4 124.840
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.243114
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.749607
Nuclear repulsion energy69.656580
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/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' 3758 3549 53.35      
2 A' 3042 2873 80.19      
3 A' 1922 1815 245.16      
4 A' 1475 1392 1.91      
5 A' 1332 1257 336.02      
6 A' 1156 1091 42.56      
7 A' 664 627 10.55      
8 A" 1056 997 1.27      
9 A" 511 482 106.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7457.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7042.0 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
2.87815 0.38631 0.34059

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.903 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.185 0.192 0.000
H4 -0.454 1.394 0.000
H5 -1.803 -0.253 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35541.20111.10521.9126
O21.35542.24202.06760.9731
O31.20112.24202.03313.0206
H41.10522.06762.03312.1285
H51.91260.97313.02062.1285

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 109.347 O2 C1 O3 122.448
O2 C1 H4 113.952 O3 C1 H4 123.600
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability