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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.895509
Energy at 298.15K-188.898211
HF Energy-188.895509
Nuclear repulsion energy70.425322
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 LSDA/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' 3592 3558 54.47      
2 A' 2956 2928 35.34      
3 A' 1807 1790 343.34      
4 A' 1329 1317 1.48      
5 A' 1271 1259 27.96      
6 A' 1116 1105 209.57      
7 A' 610 605 48.33      
8 A" 1004 994 3.88      
9 A" 698 691 130.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7191.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9906) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7123.6 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 LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.57563 0.40764 0.35194

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.419 0.000
O2 -1.027 -0.429 0.000
O3 1.155 0.098 0.000
H4 -0.374 1.464 0.000
H5 -0.644 -1.334 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33231.19861.10921.8680
O21.33232.24462.00200.9828
O31.19862.24462.04992.2991
H41.10922.00202.04992.8105
H51.86800.98282.29912.8105

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 106.607 O2 C1 O3 124.891
O2 C1 H4 109.834 O3 C1 H4 125.275
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.066      
2 O -0.204      
3 O -0.456      
4 H 0.413      
5 H 0.181      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.515 -0.342 0.000 1.553
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.195 0.092 0.000
y 0.092 -13.068 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.293
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.015 0.092 0.000
y 0.092 6.676 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.338
Polar
3z2-r20.677
x2-y2-9.128
xy0.092
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.231 0.096 0.000
y 0.096 3.848 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.491


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.130
(<r2>)1/2 6.093

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.889088
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.889088
Nuclear repulsion energy70.195437
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 LSDA/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' 3673 3638 51.91      
2 A' 2861 2834 75.25      
3 A' 1854 1837 283.48      
4 A' 1345 1332 0.20      
5 A' 1234 1222 327.77      
6 A' 1103 1093 4.26      
7 A' 647 641 8.47      
8 A" 987 978 0.20      
9 A" 551 546 80.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7127.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9906) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7060.4 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 LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.89815 0.39413 0.34695

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.382 0.000
O2 -0.892 -0.617 0.000
O3 1.175 0.187 0.000
H4 -0.466 1.396 0.000
H5 -1.797 -0.250 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33911.19141.11661.9050
O21.33912.21842.05760.9761
O31.19142.21842.03903.0044
H41.11662.05762.03902.1171
H51.90500.97613.00442.1171

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 109.742 O2 C1 O3 122.381
O2 C1 H4 113.526 O3 C1 H4 124.092
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.108      
2 O -0.209      
3 O -0.434      
4 H 0.364      
5 H 0.172      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.591 1.425 0.000 3.864
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.986 -1.078 0.000
y -1.078 -17.652 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.310
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.495 -1.078 0.000
y -1.078 -1.004 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.491
Polar
3z2-r2-0.982
x2-y21.666
xy-1.078
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.852 0.092 0.000
y 0.092 3.525 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.516


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.685
(<r2>)1/2 6.139