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

using model chemistry: MP2/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 MP2/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-38.513239
Energy at 298.15K-38.515942
HF Energy-38.048508
Nuclear repulsion energy38.836420
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/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' 3719 3530 64.08 59.05 0.25 0.40
2 A' 3168 3008 51.07 89.75 0.27 0.43
3 A' 1809 1717 353.26 11.96 0.19 0.32
4 A' 1406 1335 1.39 10.28 0.56 0.72
5 A' 1306 1240 7.48 1.58 0.44 0.62
6 A' 1140 1083 286.75 3.78 0.27 0.42
7 A' 615 584 45.38 4.47 0.50 0.67
8 A" 1042 990 7.12 0.40 0.75 0.86
9 A" 693 658 172.74 1.42 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7449.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7072.2 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 MP2/CEP-31G*
ABC
2.51896 0.38797 0.33619

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.429 0.000
O2 -1.053 -0.441 0.000
O3 1.183 0.104 0.000
H4 -0.381 1.466 0.000
H5 -0.661 -1.343 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36541.22691.10481.8916
O21.36542.30102.02150.9842
O31.22692.30102.07412.3439
H41.10482.02152.07412.8233
H51.89160.98422.34392.8233

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 106.092 O2 C1 O3 125.067
O2 C1 H4 109.387 O3 C1 H4 125.546
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-38.503897
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-38.038752
Nuclear repulsion energy38.649782
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/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' 3777 3586 60.14 87.74 0.27 0.43
2 A' 3068 2913 99.39 80.76 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1843 1750 275.52 13.34 0.17 0.30
4 A' 1424 1351 0.61 8.23 0.59 0.74
5 A' 1295 1230 345.14 4.98 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1109 1053 53.03 8.18 0.34 0.51
7 A' 641 608 11.26 1.34 0.60 0.75
8 A" 1015 964 0.52 0.36 0.75 0.86
9 A" 515 489 107.33 2.39 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7343.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6971.5 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 MP2/CEP-31G*
ABC
2.80502 0.37649 0.33194

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.392 0.000
O2 -0.918 -0.628 0.000
O3 1.203 0.188 0.000
H4 -0.459 1.405 0.000
H5 -1.816 -0.236 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37251.21991.11221.9213
O21.37252.27272.08440.9791
O31.21992.27272.05963.0481
H41.11222.08442.05962.1296
H51.92130.97913.04812.1296

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 108.421 O2 C1 O3 122.378
O2 C1 H4 113.635 O3 C1 H4 123.987
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability