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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.639911
Energy at 298.15K-189.642623
HF Energy-189.460806
Nuclear repulsion energy69.794300
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 B2PLYP=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' 3733 3590 64.73 72.62 0.16 0.27
2 A' 3107 2989 35.72 120.05 0.24 0.39
3 A' 1784 1716 350.90 13.79 0.13 0.23
4 A' 1394 1340 1.90 5.39 0.57 0.73
5 A' 1300 1250 6.72 2.15 0.16 0.28
6 A' 1122 1080 258.19 3.49 0.19 0.32
7 A' 621 597 40.52 3.51 0.33 0.50
8 A" 1049 1009 3.28 1.02 0.75 0.86
9 A" 678 652 136.93 0.39 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7393.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9618) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7110.6 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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.56936 0.39710 0.34394

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=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 -1.038 -0.443 0.000
O3 1.167 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.379 1.458 0.000
H5 -0.660 -1.339 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35191.20881.10121.8827
O21.35192.27322.01160.9725
O31.20882.27322.05122.3327
H41.10122.01162.05122.8112
H51.88270.97252.33272.8112

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 107.060 O2 C1 O3 125.083
O2 C1 H4 109.754 O3 C1 H4 125.163
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.633236
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.453825
Nuclear repulsion energy69.601542
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 B2PLYP=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' 3795 3650 61.66 105.15 0.19 0.32
2 A' 3020 2904 67.86 116.82 0.23 0.38
3 A' 1825 1755 284.08 16.84 0.19 0.32
4 A' 1404 1350 0.30 4.72 0.48 0.65
5 A' 1279 1230 299.30 1.88 0.72 0.84
6 A' 1101 1059 58.20 10.49 0.31 0.47
7 A' 649 624 9.44 0.63 0.43 0.60
8 A" 1024 985 0.12 1.19 0.75 0.86
9 A" 531 511 82.82 0.82 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7313.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9618) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7034.4 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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.85658 0.38606 0.34010

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.389 0.000
O2 -0.903 -0.625 0.000
O3 1.186 0.191 0.000
H4 -0.461 1.397 0.000
H5 -1.799 -0.260 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35851.20201.10771.9126
O21.35852.24282.07000.9675
O31.20202.24282.04043.0186
H41.10772.07002.04042.1297
H51.91260.96753.01862.1297

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 109.472 O2 C1 O3 122.188
O2 C1 H4 113.755 O3 C1 H4 124.056
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability