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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.534416
Energy at 298.15K-189.537143
HF Energy-188.844342
Nuclear repulsion energy70.291212
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3764 3581 79.30 65.34 0.14 0.24
2 A' 3134 2982 31.70 108.42 0.24 0.38
3 A' 1808 1720 335.58 18.00 0.12 0.21
4 A' 1417 1348 1.15 5.41 0.48 0.65
5 A' 1308 1244 15.71 2.28 0.16 0.28
6 A' 1139 1083 266.18 3.01 0.15 0.26
7 A' 631 601 41.03 3.25 0.31 0.47
8 A" 1075 1023 3.54 0.86 0.75 0.86
9 A" 681 648 134.88 0.29 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7478.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9514) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7115.1 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.61914 0.40221 0.34867

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 -1.032 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.160 0.109 0.000
H4 -0.377 1.441 0.000
H5 -0.652 -1.329 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34191.20101.08801.8663
O21.34192.25911.98970.9681
O31.20102.25912.03342.3132
H41.08801.98972.03342.7830
H51.86630.96812.31322.7830

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 106.659 O2 C1 O3 125.249
O2 C1 H4 109.489 O3 C1 H4 125.262
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.527571
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.836803
Nuclear repulsion energy70.074594
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3830 3644 81.35 89.92 0.17 0.29
2 A' 3053 2905 60.16 108.30 0.22 0.37
3 A' 1845 1756 277.15 18.31 0.16 0.27
4 A' 1424 1354 0.02 5.09 0.43 0.60
5 A' 1279 1217 316.51 1.21 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1123 1069 49.96 9.31 0.25 0.40
7 A' 657 626 10.62 0.82 0.39 0.56
8 A" 1047 996 0.22 0.99 0.75 0.86
9 A" 532 506 83.62 0.45 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7395.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9514) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7035.8 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.91745 0.39049 0.34439

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.898 -0.622 0.000
O3 1.179 0.192 0.000
H4 -0.459 1.378 0.000
H5 -1.786 -0.249 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34891.19461.09401.8954
O21.34892.23072.04710.9632
O31.19462.23072.02212.9978
H41.09402.04712.02212.0995
H51.89540.96322.99782.0995

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 108.985 O2 C1 O3 122.458
O2 C1 H4 113.442 O3 C1 H4 124.100
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability