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

using model chemistry: MP4/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 MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.524422
Energy at 298.15K-189.527122
HF Energy-188.842540
Nuclear repulsion energy69.801547
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 MP4/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' 3717 3617        
2 A' 3082 2999        
3 A' 1756 1709        
4 A' 1389 1351        
5 A' 1293 1258        
6 A' 1110 1080        
7 A' 616 599        
8 A" 1036 1008        
9 A" 667 649        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7332.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9732) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7135.6 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.57398 0.39693 0.34390

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.425 0.000
O2 -1.039 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.168 0.109 0.000
H4 -0.379 1.452 0.000
H5 -0.652 -1.333 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35281.20981.09521.8749
O21.35282.27442.00590.9719
O31.20982.27442.04862.3217
H41.09522.00592.04862.7990
H51.87490.97192.32172.7990

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 106.352 O2 C1 O3 125.037
O2 C1 H4 109.600 O3 C1 H4 125.363
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.517775
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.835004
Nuclear repulsion energy69.585763
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 MP4/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' 3779 3677        
2 A' 2994 2914        
3 A' 1795 1747        
4 A' 1398 1361        
5 A' 1270 1236        
6 A' 1097 1067        
7 A' 644 627        
8 A" 1016 989        
9 A" 526 512        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7259.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9732) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7064.4 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.86574 0.38533 0.33966

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.389 0.000
O2 -0.905 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.187 0.192 0.000
H4 -0.463 1.389 0.000
H5 -1.795 -0.249 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35961.20311.10191.9046
O21.35962.24602.06260.9669
O31.20312.24602.03813.0141
H41.10192.06262.03812.1103
H51.90460.96693.01412.1103

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 108.722 O2 C1 O3 122.311
O2 C1 H4 113.434 O3 C1 H4 124.255
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability