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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.566413
Energy at 298.15K-189.569137
HF Energy-188.844497
Nuclear repulsion energy70.300221
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(T)=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' 3767 3631        
2 A' 3099 2987        
3 A' 1818 1752        
4 A' 1414 1363        
5 A' 1317 1270        
6 A' 1140 1099        
7 A' 633 610        
8 A" 1070 1031        
9 A" 673 649        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7466.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7195.2 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(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.60989 0.40274 0.34890

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/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 -0.441 0.000
O3 1.159 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.376 1.444 0.000
H5 -0.652 -1.330 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34311.19961.09001.8688
O21.34312.25731.99490.9672
O31.19962.25732.03342.3138
H41.09001.99492.03342.7882
H51.86880.96722.31382.7882

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 106.849 O2 C1 O3 125.091
O2 C1 H4 109.715 O3 C1 H4 125.194
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.559608
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.836916
Nuclear repulsion energy70.072518
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(T)=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' 3829 3690        
2 A' 3017 2908        
3 A' 1859 1792        
4 A' 1420 1368        
5 A' 1291 1244        
6 A' 1120 1079        
7 A' 657 633        
8 A" 1042 1004        
9 A" 515 497        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7375.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7107.4 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.91580 0.39039 0.34430

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=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 -0.897 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.178 0.195 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.380 0.000
H5 -1.786 -0.256 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35041.19311.09611.8973
O21.35042.23092.05140.9623
O31.19312.23092.02142.9978
H41.09612.05142.02142.1055
H51.89730.96232.99782.1055

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 109.095 O2 C1 O3 122.469
O2 C1 H4 113.559 O3 C1 H4 123.972
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability