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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.492312
Energy at 298.15K-189.495038
HF Energy-188.844533
Nuclear repulsion energy70.304048
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 QCISD/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' 3789 3647 69.22      
2 A' 3112 2995 32.26      
3 A' 1832 1763 357.86      
4 A' 1422 1369 3.12      
5 A' 1328 1278 11.97      
6 A' 1152 1109 259.10      
7 A' 637 613 44.25      
8 A" 1072 1032 1.54      
9 A" 666 641 139.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7505.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9624) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7222.8 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 QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.60166 0.40323 0.34912

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.421 0.000
O2 -1.030 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.158 0.109 0.000
H4 -0.372 1.449 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.330 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34271.19961.09291.8691
O21.34272.25592.00030.9668
O31.19962.25592.03412.3129
H41.09292.00032.03412.7932
H51.86910.96682.31292.7932

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 106.928 O2 C1 O3 124.991
O2 C1 H4 109.999 O3 C1 H4 125.009
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.485586
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.836950
Nuclear repulsion energy70.072227
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 QCISD/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' 3849 3705 68.54      
2 A' 3033 2919 58.61      
3 A' 1873 1803 292.69      
4 A' 1434 1380 0.49      
5 A' 1305 1256 312.53      
6 A' 1131 1089 52.08      
7 A' 665 640 9.90      
8 A" 1051 1012 0.00      
9 A" 512 493 84.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7426.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9624) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7147.6 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 QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.90856 0.39072 0.34445

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.897 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.177 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.458 1.384 0.000
H5 -1.787 -0.259 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35011.19301.09881.8996
O21.35012.22962.05540.9619
O31.19302.22962.02282.9988
H41.09882.05542.02282.1134
H51.89960.96192.99882.1134

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 109.343 O2 C1 O3 122.385
O2 C1 H4 113.745 O3 C1 H4 123.870
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability