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

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

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 BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-187.103838
Energy at 298.15K-187.106303
HF Energy-187.103838
Nuclear repulsion energy66.278402
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 BLYP/STO-3G
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' 3465 3205 27.59 50.81 0.30 0.47
2 A' 3111 2879 16.77 53.67 0.36 0.53
3 A' 1785 1652 75.07 2.83 0.11 0.20
4 A' 1422 1316 0.50 16.20 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1335 1235 4.78 3.29 0.12 0.21
6 A' 1043 965 74.85 2.63 0.15 0.26
7 A' 520 481 23.24 3.87 0.59 0.74
8 A" 926 857 16.02 0.13 0.75 0.86
9 A" 663 614 55.19 4.91 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7135.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6601.6 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
2.31014 0.35873 0.31052

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.456 0.000
O2 -1.093 -0.486 0.000
O3 1.222 0.132 0.000
H4 -0.452 1.493 0.000
H5 -0.576 -1.398 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.44311.26431.13151.9410
O21.44312.39642.08031.0484
O31.26432.39642.15782.3605
H41.13152.08032.15782.8935
H51.94101.04842.36052.8935

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 101.167 O2 C1 O3 124.405
O2 C1 H4 107.184 O3 C1 H4 128.411
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.110      
2 O -0.180      
3 O -0.189      
4 H 0.071      
5 H 0.188      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.723 -0.521 0.000 0.891
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.736 -0.309 0.000
y -0.309 -12.462 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.019
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.995 -0.309 0.000
y -0.309 4.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.580
Polar
3z2-r21.160
x2-y2-6.274
xy-0.309
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.052 0.126 0.000
y 0.126 1.980 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.417


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 39.127
(<r2>)1/2 6.255

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-187.096572
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.096572
Nuclear repulsion energy65.970110
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 BLYP/STO-3G
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' 3488 3227 29.83 64.84 0.30 0.46
2 A' 2994 2770 38.55 39.03 0.39 0.56
3 A' 1816 1680 63.69 1.94 0.21 0.34
4 A' 1390 1286 1.84 8.28 0.68 0.81
5 A' 1337 1237 83.81 13.66 0.59 0.75
6 A' 1056 977 41.59 8.13 0.23 0.37
7 A' 557 515 4.75 0.77 0.68 0.81
8 A" 870 805 0.82 0.73 0.75 0.86
9 A" 518 479 40.02 5.77 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7012.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6488.3 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
2.51017 0.34880 0.30624

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.419 0.000
O2 -0.945 -0.683 0.000
O3 1.243 0.215 0.000
H4 -0.519 1.433 0.000
H5 -1.869 -0.195 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.45141.25981.13961.9667
O21.45142.36502.15861.0452
O31.25982.36502.14263.1386
H41.13962.15862.14262.1142
H51.96671.04523.13862.1142

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 102.733 O2 C1 O3 121.293
O2 C1 H4 112.286 O3 C1 H4 126.421
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.116      
2 O -0.179      
3 O -0.173      
4 H 0.052      
5 H 0.185      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.434 1.073 0.000 2.660
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.119 -1.137 0.000
y -1.137 -15.699 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.020
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.241 -1.137 0.000
y -1.137 -1.129 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.111
Polar
3z2-r2-0.223
x2-y21.580
xy-1.137
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.850 0.170 0.000
y 0.170 1.325 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.410


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 39.847
(<r2>)1/2 6.312