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

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/3-21G

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 MP4=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.061229
Energy at 298.15K-188.063906
HF Energy-187.693814
Nuclear repulsion energy67.978942
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 MP4=FULL/3-21G
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' 3439 3366        
2 A' 3070 3004        
3 A' 1661 1626        
4 A' 1423 1393        
5 A' 1329 1300        
6 A' 1027 1006        
7 A' 596 583        
8 A" 1052 1030        
9 A" 670 656        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7133.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9788) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6982.2 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 MP4=FULL/3-21G
ABC
2.47305 0.37443 0.32519

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.439 0.000
O2 -1.062 -0.467 0.000
O3 1.200 0.130 0.000
H4 -0.421 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.683 -1.392 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.39571.23911.09611.9542
O21.39572.33952.02181.0004
O31.23912.33952.09112.4211
H41.09612.02182.09112.8551
H51.95421.00042.42112.8551

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 108.159 O2 C1 O3 125.116
O2 C1 H4 107.854 O3 C1 H4 127.029
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.050077
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.682488
Nuclear repulsion energy67.837291
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 MP4=FULL/3-21G
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' 3479 3405        
2 A' 2927 2865        
3 A' 1725 1689        
4 A' 1451 1420        
5 A' 1219 1193        
6 A' 1057 1035        
7 A' 630 617        
8 A" 1033 1011        
9 A" 460 450        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6990.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9788) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6842.2 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 MP4=FULL/3-21G
ABC
2.75147 0.36498 0.32223

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.403 0.000
O2 -0.925 -0.648 0.000
O3 1.217 0.206 0.000
H4 -0.479 1.401 0.000
H5 -1.852 -0.287 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.39991.23251.10651.9765
O21.39992.30592.09640.9947
O31.23252.30592.07393.1083
H41.10652.09642.07392.1759
H51.97650.99473.10832.1759

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 110.109 O2 C1 O3 122.183
O2 C1 H4 113.000 O3 C1 H4 124.817
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability