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

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/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 MP4=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.280048
Energy at 298.15K-189.282762
HF Energy-188.757714
Nuclear repulsion energy69.520540
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 MP4=FULL/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' 3657 3517        
2 A' 3106 2986        
3 A' 1808 1739        
4 A' 1421 1366        
5 A' 1332 1281        
6 A' 1139 1095        
7 A' 618 595        
8 A" 1046 1006        
9 A" 706 679        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7416.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7131.7 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 MP4=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.55500 0.39403 0.34138

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.425 0.000
O2 -1.044 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.173 0.105 0.000
H4 -0.380 1.458 0.000
H5 -0.652 -1.338 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35501.21631.10061.8798
O21.35502.28322.00940.9813
O31.21632.28322.06002.3269
H41.10062.00942.06002.8092
H51.87980.98132.32692.8092

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 106.036 O2 C1 O3 125.154
O2 C1 H4 109.391 O3 C1 H4 125.455
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.270861
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.747990
Nuclear repulsion energy69.296826
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 MP4=FULL/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' 3714 3572        
2 A' 2995 2880        
3 A' 1850 1779        
4 A' 1445 1389        
5 A' 1306 1256        
6 A' 1129 1085        
7 A' 646 621        
8 A" 1029 990        
9 A" 526 506        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7319.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7038.7 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 MP4=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.85315 0.38209 0.33697

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.388 0.000
O2 -0.910 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.193 0.189 0.000
H4 -0.458 1.397 0.000
H5 -1.808 -0.242 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36091.20971.10891.9142
O21.36092.25522.07160.9759
O31.20972.25522.04623.0319
H41.10892.07162.04622.1232
H51.91420.97593.03192.1232

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 108.878 O2 C1 O3 122.525
O2 C1 H4 113.633 O3 C1 H4 123.842
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability