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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.043418
Energy at 298.15K-188.046105
HF Energy-187.696014
Nuclear repulsion energy68.406250
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 QCISD/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' 3481 3374 11.95      
2 A' 3100 3004 45.71      
3 A' 1732 1679 184.41      
4 A' 1446 1402 2.79      
5 A' 1351 1309 6.85      
6 A' 1053 1020 233.47      
7 A' 610 591 51.71      
8 A" 1066 1033 3.71      
9 A" 655 634 196.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7246.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7023.3 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 QCISD/3-21G
ABC
2.48923 0.37993 0.32962

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.437 0.000
O2 -1.053 -0.467 0.000
O3 1.190 0.131 0.000
H4 -0.412 1.450 0.000
H5 -0.681 -1.391 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38811.22891.09341.9515
O21.38812.32182.02110.9969
O31.22892.32182.07542.4124
H41.09342.02112.07542.8541
H51.95150.99692.41242.8541

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 108.707 O2 C1 O3 124.937
O2 C1 H4 108.480 O3 C1 H4 126.583
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.032720
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.684467
Nuclear repulsion energy68.233703
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 QCISD/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' 3513 3405 14.19      
2 A' 2969 2877 87.44      
3 A' 1791 1736 142.49      
4 A' 1481 1435 0.53      
5 A' 1238 1200 239.02      
6 A' 1077 1044 99.84      
7 A' 644 624 10.78      
8 A" 1051 1018 0.93      
9 A" 436 422 125.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7100.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6881.3 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 QCISD/3-21G
ABC
2.77413 0.36971 0.32623

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.402 0.000
O2 -0.918 -0.646 0.000
O3 1.207 0.207 0.000
H4 -0.470 1.400 0.000
H5 -1.846 -0.297 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.39321.22301.10311.9741
O21.39322.29012.09430.9918
O31.22302.29012.05843.0948
H41.10312.09432.05842.1846
H51.97410.99183.09482.1846

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 110.603 O2 C1 O3 122.040
O2 C1 H4 113.557 O3 C1 H4 124.403
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability