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

using model chemistry: CCSD=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 CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.344110
Energy at 298.15K-189.346828
HF Energy-188.796128
Nuclear repulsion energy69.784266
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 CCSD=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' 3773 3773 63.16      
2 A' 3127 3127 33.20      
3 A' 1822 1822 360.42      
4 A' 1411 1411 3.35      
5 A' 1325 1325 7.19      
6 A' 1140 1140 262.71      
7 A' 630 630 43.06      
8 A" 1060 1060 1.88      
9 A" 663 663 139.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7475.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7475.5 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 CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.56654 0.39698 0.34380

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=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 -0.445 0.000
O3 1.167 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.377 1.461 0.000
H5 -0.656 -1.338 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35341.20811.10331.8802
O21.35342.27362.01680.9710
O31.20812.27362.05092.3290
H41.10332.01682.05092.8125
H51.88020.97102.32902.8125

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 106.818 O2 C1 O3 125.056
O2 C1 H4 109.937 O3 C1 H4 125.007
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.337339
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.788383
Nuclear repulsion energy69.568043
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 CCSD=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' 3831 3831 64.45      
2 A' 3047 3047 59.77      
3 A' 1861 1861 293.43      
4 A' 1422 1422 0.51      
5 A' 1307 1307 299.83      
6 A' 1116 1116 63.89      
7 A' 655 655 10.01      
8 A" 1037 1037 0.02      
9 A" 505 505 84.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7390.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7390.6 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 CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.85501 0.38545 0.33960

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=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 -0.904 -0.628 0.000
O3 1.186 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.399 0.000
H5 -1.797 -0.259 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36051.20161.10931.9101
O21.36052.24502.07460.9663
O31.20162.24502.03943.0165
H41.10932.07462.03942.1296
H51.91010.96633.01652.1296

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 109.175 O2 C1 O3 122.265
O2 C1 H4 113.889 O3 C1 H4 123.846
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability