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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.474847
Energy at 298.15K-189.477565
HF Energy-188.840354
Nuclear repulsion energy70.246820
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 MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
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' 3786 3597 80.80      
2 A' 3123 2967 32.61      
3 A' 1808 1717 335.73      
4 A' 1414 1343 1.40      
5 A' 1305 1240 18.50      
6 A' 1137 1080 261.70      
7 A' 628 597 42.45      
8 A" 1061 1008 3.09      
9 A" 682 648 136.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7471.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.95) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7098.2 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 MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
ABC
2.60543 0.40226 0.34846

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.421 0.000
O2 -1.032 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.160 0.107 0.000
H4 -0.374 1.447 0.000
H5 -0.650 -1.327 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34261.20191.09271.8648
O21.34262.25921.99650.9681
O31.20192.25922.03742.3095
H41.09271.99652.03742.7881
H51.86480.96812.30952.7881

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 106.485 O2 C1 O3 125.125
O2 C1 H4 109.712 O3 C1 H4 125.163
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability