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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-186.381597
Energy at 298.15K-186.384139
HF Energy-186.212538
Nuclear repulsion energy67.346703
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/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3856 3428 23.93 44.22 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3367 2993 14.14 45.47 0.35 0.52
3 A' 1840 1636 81.97 2.43 0.32 0.48
4 A' 1534 1364 0.41 12.11 0.73 0.85
5 A' 1452 1290 11.18 4.30 0.30 0.46
6 A' 1153 1025 93.94 0.69 0.15 0.27
7 A' 572 509 29.10 3.04 0.61 0.76
8 A" 992 882 4.47 0.37 0.75 0.86
9 A" 645 573 74.56 4.36 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7705.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6849.7 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 MP2=FULL/STO-3G
ABC
2.35384 0.37216 0.32135

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.450 0.000
O2 -1.081 -0.456 0.000
O3 1.206 0.101 0.000
H4 -0.401 1.496 0.000
H5 -0.600 -1.354 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.41011.25541.11971.9014
O21.41012.35332.06661.0188
O31.25542.35332.12762.3191
H41.11972.06662.12762.8568
H51.90141.01882.31912.8568

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 101.828 O2 C1 O3 123.869
O2 C1 H4 109.011 O3 C1 H4 127.119
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-186.373410
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-186.205638
Nuclear repulsion energy66.974385
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/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3899 3466 19.10 55.20 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3268 2905 33.98 36.36 0.36 0.53
3 A' 1860 1653 62.50 0.72 0.59 0.74
4 A' 1494 1328 13.52 8.15 0.67 0.80
5 A' 1458 1296 102.09 12.50 0.61 0.76
6 A' 1169 1039 51.26 3.67 0.28 0.44
7 A' 605 538 8.60 0.76 0.68 0.81
8 A" 937 833 0.10 0.99 0.75 0.86
9 A" 436 388 49.78 4.74 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7562.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6722.6 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 MP2=FULL/STO-3G
ABC
2.58933 0.35948 0.31565

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.409 0.000
O2 -0.944 -0.650 0.000
O3 1.232 0.185 0.000
H4 -0.473 1.432 0.000
H5 -1.834 -0.164 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.41861.25231.12691.9213
O21.41862.33072.13421.0146
O31.25232.33072.11243.0859
H41.12692.13422.11242.0966
H51.92131.01463.08592.0966

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 103.042 O2 C1 O3 121.408
O2 C1 H4 113.460 O3 C1 H4 125.132
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability