return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.395648
Energy at 298.15K-189.398388
HF Energy-188.783580
Nuclear repulsion energy70.315541
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3786 3558 70.53 54.56 0.25 0.40
2 A' 3132 2944 39.81 88.26 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1849 1738 276.18 9.03 0.20 0.33
4 A' 1435 1349 1.74 8.56 0.58 0.73
5 A' 1335 1255 13.65 1.10 0.22 0.36
6 A' 1153 1084 233.83 2.37 0.13 0.23
7 A' 633 595 46.47 3.59 0.50 0.67
8 A" 1089 1024 1.28 1.75 0.75 0.86
9 A" 707 664 136.45 1.10 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7559.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7105.2 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.63166 0.40206 0.34877

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.417 0.000
O2 -1.032 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.160 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.385 1.442 0.000
H5 -0.642 -1.324 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34031.20021.09471.8557
O21.34032.26021.98820.9683
O31.20022.26022.03962.3036
H41.09471.98822.03962.7780
H51.85570.96832.30362.7780

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 105.866 O2 C1 O3 125.570
O2 C1 H4 109.059 O3 C1 H4 125.371
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.387974
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.775489
Nuclear repulsion energy70.105789
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3862 3630 76.16 71.29 0.27 0.42
2 A' 3040 2857 71.46 80.77 0.28 0.43
3 A' 1886 1772 227.99 9.08 0.18 0.30
4 A' 1456 1369 0.21 8.41 0.57 0.73
5 A' 1302 1224 308.77 2.25 0.70 0.82
6 A' 1151 1082 29.69 7.25 0.30 0.46
7 A' 663 623 9.66 0.96 0.56 0.72
8 A" 1069 1005 0.37 2.01 0.75 0.86
9 A" 535 503 86.73 1.33 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7481.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7032.1 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.93469 0.39031 0.34449

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.380 0.000
O2 -0.899 -0.621 0.000
O3 1.180 0.193 0.000
H4 -0.466 1.379 0.000
H5 -1.783 -0.241 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34561.19431.10191.8878
O21.34562.23202.04650.9622
O31.19432.23202.02802.9938
H41.10192.04652.02802.0878
H51.88780.96222.99382.0878

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 108.631 O2 C1 O3 122.886
O2 C1 H4 113.101 O3 C1 H4 124.013
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability