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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.795381
Energy at 298.15K-189.798087
HF Energy-189.795381
Nuclear repulsion energy69.772867
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 TPSSh/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' 3675 3555 48.43 77.35 0.17 0.30
2 A' 3068 2968 42.99 127.38 0.25 0.40
3 A' 1789 1731 356.79 12.34 0.12 0.22
4 A' 1388 1343 2.00 5.16 0.63 0.78
5 A' 1288 1246 7.86 2.33 0.19 0.32
6 A' 1112 1076 245.16 2.76 0.25 0.40
7 A' 609 590 41.72 3.42 0.34 0.51
8 A" 1042 1007 4.21 1.14 0.75 0.86
9 A" 685 662 130.13 0.48 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7328.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9673) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7088.8 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.55811 0.39750 0.34404

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.425 0.000
O2 -1.037 -0.443 0.000
O3 1.167 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.382 1.459 0.000
H5 -0.655 -1.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35261.20861.10231.8841
O21.35262.27222.01210.9760
O31.20862.27222.05402.3293
H41.10232.01212.05402.8139
H51.88410.97602.32932.8139

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 106.899 O2 C1 O3 124.941
O2 C1 H4 109.674 O3 C1 H4 125.385
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.807      
2 O -0.331      
3 O -0.427      
4 H -0.175      
5 H 0.126      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.507 -0.254 0.000 1.528
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.140 0.101 0.000
y 0.101 3.622 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.361


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.643
(<r2>)1/2 6.135

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.788936
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.788936
Nuclear repulsion energy69.581611
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 TPSSh/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' 3732 3610 42.79 116.54 0.21 0.34
2 A' 2977 2880 79.35 121.76 0.25 0.39
3 A' 1832 1772 290.47 16.43 0.19 0.33
4 A' 1396 1350 0.32 3.98 0.55 0.71
5 A' 1268 1227 294.17 2.34 0.67 0.80
6 A' 1095 1059 51.77 10.44 0.36 0.52
7 A' 641 620 8.60 0.34 0.52 0.69
8 A" 1017 984 0.26 1.41 0.75 0.86
9 A" 541 523 79.55 1.05 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7248.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9673) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7011.8 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.84171 0.38655 0.34026

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.391 0.000
O2 -0.902 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.185 0.191 0.000
H4 -0.463 1.399 0.000
H5 -1.801 -0.259 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35911.20181.10911.9147
O21.35912.24112.07170.9714
O31.20182.24112.04313.0198
H41.10912.07172.04312.1303
H51.91470.97143.01982.1303

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 109.359 O2 C1 O3 122.000
O2 C1 H4 113.760 O3 C1 H4 124.240
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.835      
2 O -0.387      
3 O -0.441      
4 H -0.190      
5 H 0.183      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.564 1.541 0.000 3.883
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.666 0.124 0.000
y 0.124 3.341 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.370


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.125
(<r2>)1/2 6.175