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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-37.953844
Energy at 298.15K-37.956584
HF Energy-37.953844
Nuclear repulsion energy39.088707
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 HF/CEP-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' 4040 3642 95.18      
2 A' 3406 3070 36.93      
3 A' 1847 1665 459.21      
4 A' 1499 1351 8.47      
5 A' 1374 1239 23.16      
6 A' 1181 1065 334.43      
7 A' 645 581 75.35      
8 A" 1143 1031 1.01      
9 A" 671 605 310.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7902.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7123.5 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
2.53288 0.39285 0.34010

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.446 0.000
O2 -1.001 -0.473 0.000
O3 1.186 0.166 0.000
H4 -0.401 1.449 0.000
H5 -0.706 -1.387 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35871.21841.08101.9640
O21.35872.27842.01370.9605
O31.21842.27842.04132.4477
H41.08102.01372.04132.8527
H51.96400.96052.44772.8527

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 114.652 O2 C1 O3 124.188
O2 C1 H4 110.737 O3 C1 H4 125.075
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.078      
2 O -0.447      
3 O -0.244      
4 H 0.194      
5 H 0.419      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.763 -0.179 0.000 1.772
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.942 -0.407 0.000
y -0.407 -11.791 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.095
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.499 -0.407 0.000
y -0.407 9.228 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.271
Polar
3z2-r22.543
x2-y2-13.152
xy-0.407
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.971 -0.004 0.000
y -0.004 2.281 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.201


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.644
(<r2>)1/2 5.713

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-37.942666
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-37.942666
Nuclear repulsion energy38.931348
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 HF/CEP-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' 4094 3690 95.90 88.75 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3298 2973 85.34 83.15 0.30 0.46
3 A' 1905 1718 359.83 16.53 0.17 0.29
4 A' 1537 1386 4.61 7.59 0.68 0.81
5 A' 1279 1153 463.14 6.49 0.61 0.76
6 A' 1167 1052 40.89 8.21 0.31 0.47
7 A' 678 611 12.19 1.44 0.61 0.75
8 A" 1116 1006 0.54 1.26 0.75 0.86
9 A" 451 407 188.27 2.78 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7763.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6997.6 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
2.88526 0.37973 0.33556

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.398 0.000
O2 -0.909 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.193 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.435 1.396 0.000
H5 -1.830 -0.365 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36751.20971.08851.9833
O21.36752.25582.07430.9563
O31.20972.25582.02233.0746
H41.08852.07432.02232.2475
H51.98330.95633.07462.2475

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 116.058 O2 C1 O3 122.038
O2 C1 H4 114.774 O3 C1 H4 123.188
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.079      
2 O -0.437      
3 O -0.199      
4 H 0.162      
5 H 0.395      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -4.613 2.552 0.000 5.272
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.510 -1.606 0.000
y -1.606 -17.859 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.088
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.963 -1.606 0.000
y -1.606 -1.060 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.096
Polar
3z2-r20.193
x2-y21.349
xy-1.606
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.584 0.058 0.000
y 0.058 1.862 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.203


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 33.025
(<r2>)1/2 5.747