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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)=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 QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.364657
Energy at 298.15K-189.367356
HF Energy-188.794741
Nuclear repulsion energy69.445853
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 QCISD(T)=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' 3721 3609        
2 A' 3099 3006        
3 A' 1774 1721        
4 A' 1391 1350        
5 A' 1302 1263        
6 A' 1109 1076        
7 A' 617 598        
8 A" 1034 1003        
9 A" 664 644        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7354.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9701) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7134.9 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 QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.54596 0.39284 0.34033

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.426 0.000
O2 -1.043 -0.447 0.000
O3 1.173 0.112 0.000
H4 -0.382 1.464 0.000
H5 -0.655 -1.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36091.21451.10551.8847
O21.36092.28592.02250.9744
O31.21452.28592.06042.3350
H41.10552.02252.06042.8180
H51.88470.97442.33502.8180

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 106.446 O2 C1 O3 125.055
O2 C1 H4 109.739 O3 C1 H4 125.206
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.357960
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.787014
Nuclear repulsion energy69.237654
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 QCISD(T)=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' 3777 3665        
2 A' 3014 2923        
3 A' 1814 1759        
4 A' 1398 1356        
5 A' 1284 1246        
6 A' 1088 1056        
7 A' 639 620        
8 A" 1010 980        
9 A" 509 494        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7266.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9701) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7049.3 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 QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.82428 0.38182 0.33635

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.392 0.000
O2 -0.908 -0.631 0.000
O3 1.192 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.463 1.402 0.000
H5 -1.801 -0.254 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36801.20781.11181.9135
O21.36802.25632.08200.9696
O31.20782.25632.04863.0263
H41.11182.08202.04862.1295
H51.91350.96963.02632.1295

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 108.686 O2 C1 O3 122.200
O2 C1 H4 113.793 O3 C1 H4 124.008
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability