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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G*

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 MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.241780
Energy at 298.15K-189.244508
HF Energy-188.758441
Nuclear repulsion energy69.687217
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 MP2/6-31G*
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' 3687 3477 66.41 63.12 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3165 2984 45.19 96.44 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1839 1735 275.73 8.59 0.24 0.39
4 A' 1442 1360 2.38 10.70 0.58 0.73
5 A' 1338 1262 11.70 0.74 0.43 0.60
6 A' 1156 1090 259.14 2.81 0.17 0.28
7 A' 626 590 50.24 4.24 0.60 0.75
8 A" 1068 1007 2.16 2.27 0.75 0.86
9 A" 711 671 167.81 1.79 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7516.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7087.7 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
2.56821 0.39591 0.34303

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.424 0.000
O2 -1.042 -0.437 0.000
O3 1.171 0.105 0.000
H4 -0.379 1.453 0.000
H5 -0.651 -1.336 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35181.21341.09631.8764
O21.35182.27782.00300.9801
O31.21342.27782.05392.3221
H41.09632.00302.05392.8019
H51.87640.98012.32212.8019

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 106.060 O2 C1 O3 125.153
O2 C1 H4 109.364 O3 C1 H4 125.483
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.232379
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.748725
Nuclear repulsion energy69.458131
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 MP2/6-31G*
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' 3750 3536 65.48 85.90 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3058 2884 86.90 87.01 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1877 1770 216.83 9.29 0.20 0.33
4 A' 1469 1385 0.41 10.06 0.60 0.75
5 A' 1310 1235 333.92 4.05 0.67 0.80
6 A' 1145 1080 39.53 7.15 0.33 0.50
7 A' 655 618 10.80 1.36 0.69 0.82
8 A" 1049 989 0.70 2.63 0.75 0.86
9 A" 529 499 107.04 1.98 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7420.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6997.8 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
2.86687 0.38392 0.33858

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.908 -0.622 0.000
O3 1.191 0.188 0.000
H4 -0.455 1.393 0.000
H5 -1.806 -0.243 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35781.20711.10411.9123
O21.35782.24962.06560.9745
O31.20712.24962.03983.0269
H41.10412.06562.03982.1211
H51.91230.97453.02692.1211

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 109.047 O2 C1 O3 122.472
O2 C1 H4 113.676 O3 C1 H4 123.852
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability