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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)

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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.384359
Energy at 298.15K-189.387101
HF Energy-188.784128
Nuclear repulsion energy70.429353
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3823 3615 62.44      
2 A' 3125 2955 37.68      
3 A' 1886 1783 307.69      
4 A' 1446 1367 4.75      
5 A' 1356 1282 11.34      
6 A' 1171 1107 237.19      
7 A' 641 606 49.04      
8 A" 1093 1033 0.38      
9 A" 691 653 141.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7616.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9455) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7201.2 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.62098 0.40416 0.35016

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.413 0.000
O2 -1.029 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.159 0.116 0.000
H4 -0.384 1.440 0.000
H5 -0.652 -1.327 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33701.19631.09671.8585
O21.33702.25811.98800.9639
O31.19632.25812.03302.3164
H41.09671.98802.03302.7805
H51.85850.96392.31642.7805

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 106.624 O2 C1 O3 126.002
O2 C1 H4 109.150 O3 C1 H4 124.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.376802
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.775938
Nuclear repulsion energy70.196116
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3890 3678 67.08      
2 A' 3043 2877 64.75      
3 A' 1926 1821 254.03      
4 A' 1468 1388 1.35      
5 A' 1328 1256 311.17      
6 A' 1159 1095 36.96      
7 A' 671 634 9.30      
8 A" 1075 1017 0.77      
9 A" 518 490 87.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7538.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9455) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7127.7 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.93076 0.39165 0.34548

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.382 0.000
O2 -0.895 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.176 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.463 1.382 0.000
H5 -1.782 -0.255 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34621.19071.10221.8923
O21.34622.22752.05140.9602
O31.19072.22752.02352.9922
H41.10222.05142.02352.1019
H51.89230.96022.99222.1019

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 109.118 O2 C1 O3 122.698
O2 C1 H4 113.454 O3 C1 H4 123.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability