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

using model chemistry: MP3=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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.335269
Energy at 298.15K-189.337998
HF Energy-188.796974
Nuclear repulsion energy70.029037
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 MP3=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' 3826 3826 69.42      
2 A' 3148 3148 31.90      
3 A' 1864 1864 381.47      
4 A' 1425 1425 4.94      
5 A' 1338 1338 8.92      
6 A' 1159 1159 270.29      
7 A' 640 640 45.92      
8 A" 1074 1074 1.75      
9 A" 666 666 143.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7569.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7569.6 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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.57918 0.40004 0.34633

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.033 -0.444 0.000
O3 1.162 0.112 0.000
H4 -0.376 1.459 0.000
H5 -0.655 -1.335 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34901.20301.10201.8765
O21.34902.26472.01370.9678
O31.20302.26472.04432.3233
H41.10202.01372.04432.8083
H51.87650.96782.32332.8083

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 107.030 O2 C1 O3 125.003
O2 C1 H4 110.083 O3 C1 H4 124.913
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.328578
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.789210
Nuclear repulsion energy69.810715
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 MP3=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' 3886 3886 75.92      
2 A' 3069 3069 57.05      
3 A' 1901 1901 314.14      
4 A' 1437 1437 0.99      
5 A' 1322 1322 318.76      
6 A' 1135 1135 58.96      
7 A' 665 665 10.15      
8 A" 1049 1049 0.02      
9 A" 507 507 86.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7485.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7485.1 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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.87258 0.38826 0.34203

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.388 0.000
O2 -0.900 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.181 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.458 1.397 0.000
H5 -1.791 -0.262 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35581.19691.10781.9055
O21.35582.23672.07060.9631
O31.19692.23672.03293.0071
H41.10782.07062.03292.1280
H51.90550.96313.00712.1280

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 109.346 O2 C1 O3 122.259
O2 C1 H4 114.002 O3 C1 H4 123.739
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability