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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=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)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.479601
Energy at 298.15K-188.482304
HF Energy-188.360772
Nuclear repulsion energy68.686425
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 B2PLYP=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' 3474 3307 16.65 93.36 0.32 0.49
2 A' 3133 2982 48.30 103.80 0.29 0.45
3 A' 1733 1650 198.43 3.53 0.23 0.38
4 A' 1441 1371 1.86 12.94 0.66 0.79
5 A' 1336 1272 7.58 1.64 0.51 0.68
6 A' 1061 1010 227.77 3.68 0.16 0.27
7 A' 607 578 49.61 5.28 0.64 0.78
8 A" 1079 1027 6.34 1.83 0.75 0.86
9 A" 688 655 186.15 4.30 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7274.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.952) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6925.7 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 B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
ABC
2.51238 0.38324 0.33251

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.435 0.000
O2 -1.049 -0.461 0.000
O3 1.186 0.128 0.000
H4 -0.416 1.441 0.000
H5 -0.681 -1.388 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37921.22541.08931.9453
O21.37922.31192.00430.9975
O31.22542.31192.07202.4052
H41.08932.00432.07202.8412
H51.94530.99752.40522.8412

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 108.802 O2 C1 O3 125.050
O2 C1 H4 108.001 O3 C1 H4 126.949
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.468755
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.350092
Nuclear repulsion energy68.540664
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 B2PLYP=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' 3517 3348 19.14 122.19 0.31 0.47
2 A' 2998 2854 97.10 83.53 0.31 0.48
3 A' 1795 1709 161.55 4.49 0.14 0.24
4 A' 1473 1403 0.15 12.74 0.66 0.79
5 A' 1221 1162 248.07 8.72 0.75 0.86
6 A' 1091 1039 89.12 9.29 0.25 0.40
7 A' 645 614 9.87 1.23 0.69 0.82
8 A" 1065 1014 0.29 2.26 0.75 0.86
9 A" 482 459 120.08 4.34 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7143.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.952) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6800.8 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 B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
ABC
2.80999 0.37300 0.32929

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.398 0.000
O2 -0.914 -0.640 0.000
O3 1.203 0.205 0.000
H4 -0.474 1.390 0.000
H5 -1.843 -0.295 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38341.21891.09911.9693
O21.38342.27942.07720.9918
O31.21892.27942.05423.0873
H41.09912.07722.05422.1706
H51.96930.99183.08732.1706

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 110.937 O2 C1 O3 122.184
O2 C1 H4 113.097 O3 C1 H4 124.720
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability