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

using model chemistry: CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ

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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.489927
Energy at 298.15K-189.492657
HF Energy-188.844785
Nuclear repulsion energy70.382567
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3797 3629 70.79      
2 A' 3116 2978 31.34      
3 A' 1849 1767 366.05      
4 A' 1427 1364 3.67      
5 A' 1334 1275 13.51      
6 A' 1159 1108 261.91      
7 A' 640 612 45.22      
8 A" 1077 1029 1.50      
9 A" 666 636 140.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7532.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7199.2 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.60679 0.40418 0.34993

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.416 0.000
O2 -1.028 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.158 0.114 0.000
H4 -0.375 1.444 0.000
H5 -0.663 -1.334 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33831.19671.09391.8715
O21.33832.25531.99460.9649
O31.19672.25532.02912.3266
H41.09391.99462.02912.7927
H51.87150.96492.32662.7927

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 107.588 O2 C1 O3 125.567
O2 C1 H4 109.779 O3 C1 H4 124.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.483141
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.837201
Nuclear repulsion energy70.147509
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3859 3689 73.25      
2 A' 3038 2904 56.43      
3 A' 1890 1806 302.98      
4 A' 1440 1376 0.74      
5 A' 1310 1252 319.85      
6 A' 1138 1088 50.69      
7 A' 669 640 10.02      
8 A" 1056 1009 0.00      
9 A" 510 488 84.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7454.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7125.1 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.91688 0.39149 0.34516

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.896 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.176 0.195 0.000
H4 -0.458 1.383 0.000
H5 -1.786 -0.261 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34871.19121.09841.8990
O21.34872.22732.05420.9614
O31.19122.22732.02022.9966
H41.09842.05422.02022.1137
H51.89900.96142.99662.1137

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 109.438 O2 C1 O3 122.425
O2 C1 H4 113.774 O3 C1 H4 123.801
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability