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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.334654
Energy at 298.15K-189.337363
HF Energy-188.795008
Nuclear repulsion energy69.535380
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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3731 3616 72.52 66.71 0.14 0.25
2 A' 3140 3043 33.60 114.27 0.24 0.38
3 A' 1775 1720 330.79 17.05 0.14 0.25
4 A' 1399 1356 1.22 6.21 0.49 0.66
5 A' 1297 1257 8.81 2.00 0.14 0.25
6 A' 1119 1085 268.60 3.56 0.14 0.24
7 A' 619 600 38.88 3.48 0.33 0.50
8 A" 1049 1017 4.35 0.94 0.75 0.86
9 A" 674 653 134.81 0.30 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7401.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7173.1 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.56215 0.39351 0.34112

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.424 0.000
O2 -1.043 -0.443 0.000
O3 1.173 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.381 1.459 0.000
H5 -0.658 -1.338 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35681.21461.10241.8809
O21.35682.28422.01390.9743
O31.21462.28422.05812.3336
H41.10242.01392.05812.8103
H51.88090.97432.33362.8103

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 106.424 O2 C1 O3 125.229
O2 C1 H4 109.523 O3 C1 H4 125.249
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.327852
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.787276
Nuclear repulsion energy69.325997
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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3792 3676 73.22 92.96 0.17 0.30
2 A' 3057 2963 62.90 113.38 0.23 0.37
3 A' 1808 1753 267.70 17.46 0.18 0.30
4 A' 1407 1364 0.07 5.76 0.43 0.60
5 A' 1275 1236 295.55 1.92 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1100 1066 65.37 9.71 0.25 0.41
7 A' 644 624 10.66 0.91 0.40 0.57
8 A" 1022 990 0.35 1.09 0.75 0.86
9 A" 525 508 83.31 0.61 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7315.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7089.8 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.83448 0.38287 0.33731

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.391 0.000
O2 -0.909 -0.627 0.000
O3 1.191 0.190 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.399 0.000
H5 -1.801 -0.247 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36401.20831.10831.9108
O21.36402.25322.07440.9695
O31.20832.25322.04723.0242
H41.10832.07442.04722.1230
H51.91080.96953.02422.1230

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 108.756 O2 C1 O3 122.197
O2 C1 H4 113.676 O3 C1 H4 124.127
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability