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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/6-311G**

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 TPSSh/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.816536
Energy at 298.15K-189.819260
HF Energy-189.816536
Nuclear repulsion energy70.066919
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 TPSSh/6-311G**
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' 3703 3703 43.30 78.78 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3054 3054 56.04 121.87 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1820 1820 335.29 5.66 0.23 0.38
4 A' 1412 1412 2.98 9.73 0.62 0.77
5 A' 1303 1303 8.51 0.55 0.54 0.70
6 A' 1121 1121 244.39 2.08 0.20 0.34
7 A' 621 621 47.07 4.64 0.58 0.73
8 A" 1052 1052 2.74 1.35 0.75 0.86
9 A" 707 707 145.32 2.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7396.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7396.4 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 TPSSh/6-311G**
ABC
2.58730 0.40041 0.34674

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.032 -0.446 0.000
O3 1.162 0.115 0.000
H4 -0.392 1.448 0.000
H5 -0.645 -1.339 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34881.20161.09791.8758
O21.34882.26401.99940.9728
O31.20162.26402.04712.3189
H41.09791.99942.04712.7984
H51.87580.97282.31892.7984

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 106.674 O2 C1 O3 125.070
O2 C1 H4 109.182 O3 C1 H4 125.748
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.281      
2 O -0.303      
3 O -0.334      
4 H 0.103      
5 H 0.253      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.382 -0.363 0.000 1.429
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.270 0.064 0.000
y 0.064 2.976 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.495


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.176
(<r2>)1/2 6.097

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.808360
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.808360
Nuclear repulsion energy69.858652
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 TPSSh/6-311G**
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' 3761 3761 39.79 104.35 0.29 0.45
2 A' 2949 2949 103.81 112.19 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1864 1864 275.38 8.94 0.21 0.35
4 A' 1423 1423 0.75 7.27 0.65 0.79
5 A' 1271 1271 310.13 4.58 0.70 0.83
6 A' 1103 1103 46.72 7.59 0.45 0.62
7 A' 653 653 10.27 0.77 0.71 0.83
8 A" 1034 1034 0.15 1.83 0.75 0.86
9 A" 535 535 89.25 2.30 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7296.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7296.5 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 TPSSh/6-311G**
ABC
2.88690 0.38856 0.34246

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.897 -0.629 0.000
O3 1.180 0.198 0.000
H4 -0.470 1.387 0.000
H5 -1.792 -0.260 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35501.19481.10581.9047
O21.35502.23592.06120.9677
O31.19482.23592.03363.0068
H41.10582.06122.03362.1120
H51.90470.96773.00682.1120

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 109.038 O2 C1 O3 122.413
O2 C1 H4 113.389 O3 C1 H4 124.199
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.278      
2 O -0.285      
3 O -0.306      
4 H 0.064      
5 H 0.249      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.548 1.537 0.000 3.867
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.899 0.102 0.000
y 0.102 2.491 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.491


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.652
(<r2>)1/2 6.136