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

using model chemistry: MP4/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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.360713
Energy at 298.15K-189.363403
HF Energy-188.793637
Nuclear repulsion energy69.217089
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 MP4/6-31G*
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' 3655 3571        
2 A' 3107 3035        
3 A' 1804 1762        
4 A' 1419 1387        
5 A' 1332 1301        
6 A' 1137 1111        
7 A' 617 603        
8 A" 1044 1020        
9 A" 705 689        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7410.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7238.8 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.53514 0.38991 0.33794

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.428 0.000
O2 -1.048 -0.447 0.000
O3 1.178 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.385 1.465 0.000
H5 -0.658 -1.342 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36481.21981.10691.8875
O21.36482.29472.02420.9758
O31.21982.29472.06812.3411
H41.10692.02422.06812.8203
H51.88750.97582.34112.8203

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 106.301 O2 C1 O3 125.109
O2 C1 H4 109.511 O3 C1 H4 125.380
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.354079
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.785943
Nuclear repulsion energy69.018721
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 MP4/6-31G*
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' 3713 3627        
2 A' 2995 2926        
3 A' 1845 1803        
4 A' 1444 1411        
5 A' 1306 1276        
6 A' 1127 1101        
7 A' 645 630        
8 A" 1027 1003        
9 A" 525 513        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7313.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7144.2 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.80380 0.37952 0.33427

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.393 0.000
O2 -0.912 -0.631 0.000
O3 1.196 0.192 0.000
H4 -0.466 1.405 0.000
H5 -1.806 -0.251 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37171.21311.11341.9173
O21.37172.26332.08410.9712
O31.21312.26332.05753.0345
H41.11342.08412.05752.1299
H51.91730.97123.03452.1299

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 108.632 O2 C1 O3 122.118
O2 C1 H4 113.587 O3 C1 H4 124.295
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability