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

using model chemistry: MP4=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)

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Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.368188
Energy at 298.15K-189.370880
HF Energy-188.793873
Nuclear repulsion energy69.266718
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=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' 3707 3615        
2 A' 3095 3018        
3 A' 1737 1694        
4 A' 1380 1346        
5 A' 1289 1257        
6 A' 1096 1069        
7 A' 609 594        
8 A" 1025 1000        
9 A" 668 651        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7302.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9752) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7121.6 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 MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.53936 0.39046 0.33842

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.427 0.000
O2 -1.047 -0.446 0.000
O3 1.177 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.384 1.464 0.000
H5 -0.658 -1.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36361.21911.10611.8864
O21.36362.29312.02250.9753
O31.21912.29312.06652.3400
H41.10612.02252.06652.8186
H51.88640.97532.34002.8186

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 106.334 O2 C1 O3 125.124
O2 C1 H4 109.519 O3 C1 H4 125.357
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.361551
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.786184
Nuclear repulsion energy69.068761
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=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' 3764 3670        
2 A' 3007 2932        
3 A' 1774 1730        
4 A' 1385 1351        
5 A' 1270 1238        
6 A' 1077 1050        
7 A' 632 616        
8 A" 1000 976        
9 A" 517 504        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7212.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9752) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7033.4 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.80962 0.38002 0.33475

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/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 -0.630 0.000
O3 1.196 0.191 0.000
H4 -0.465 1.404 0.000
H5 -1.805 -0.250 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37041.21241.11251.9161
O21.37042.26182.08230.9707
O31.21242.26182.05583.0328
H41.11252.08232.05582.1286
H51.91610.97073.03282.1286

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 108.664 O2 C1 O3 122.143
O2 C1 H4 113.592 O3 C1 H4 124.265
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability