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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.254693
Energy at 298.15K-189.257421
HF Energy-188.759050
Nuclear repulsion energy69.813036
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 QCISD/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3694 3518 53.27      
2 A' 3136 2987 45.71      
3 A' 1860 1772 300.93      
4 A' 1441 1372 4.79      
5 A' 1353 1288 8.75      
6 A' 1165 1109 253.62      
7 A' 632 602 52.97      
8 A" 1066 1015 0.65      
9 A" 700 666 170.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7523.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7164.2 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
2.56281 0.39809 0.34456

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.418 0.000
O2 -1.038 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.169 0.113 0.000
H4 -0.380 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.667 -1.343 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34681.20811.10051.8835
O21.34682.27472.00220.9760
O31.20812.27472.04722.3430
H41.10052.00222.04722.8088
H51.88350.97602.34302.8088

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 107.287 O2 C1 O3 125.741
O2 C1 H4 109.383 O3 C1 H4 124.876
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.245536
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.749277
Nuclear repulsion energy69.573140
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 QCISD/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3750 3571 49.93      
2 A' 3034 2890 83.61      
3 A' 1904 1813 236.45      
4 A' 1468 1398 1.37      
5 A' 1326 1263 328.79      
6 A' 1148 1093 43.39      
7 A' 660 629 10.41      
8 A" 1051 1001 1.39      
9 A" 514 490 105.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7427.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7073.2 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
2.87066 0.38539 0.33977

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.905 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.187 0.191 0.000
H4 -0.455 1.395 0.000
H5 -1.804 -0.251 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35691.20311.10591.9135
O21.35692.24482.06870.9736
O31.20312.24482.03613.0234
H41.10592.06872.03612.1283
H51.91350.97363.02342.1283

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 109.281 O2 C1 O3 122.430
O2 C1 H4 113.894 O3 C1 H4 123.676
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability