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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ

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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.567692
Energy at 298.15K-189.570407
HF Energy-188.856802
Nuclear repulsion energy70.252411
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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ
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' 3763 3618        
2 A' 3092 2973        
3 A' 1811 1741        
4 A' 1409 1354        
5 A' 1315 1264        
6 A' 1134 1091        
7 A' 630 606        
8 A" 1056 1016        
9 A" 668 643        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7438.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7151.7 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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
2.59343 0.40287 0.34870

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.031 -0.441 0.000
O3 1.159 0.109 0.000
H4 -0.373 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.649 -1.330 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34431.20031.09411.8683
O21.34432.25722.00240.9674
O31.20032.25722.03682.3100
H41.09412.00242.03682.7939
H51.86830.96742.31002.7939

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 106.704 O2 C1 O3 124.907
O2 C1 H4 109.981 O3 C1 H4 125.112
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.560959
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.849278
Nuclear repulsion energy70.017168
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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ
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' 3830 3682        
2 A' 3013 2897        
3 A' 1850 1779        
4 A' 1420 1365        
5 A' 1290 1240        
6 A' 1119 1076        
7 A' 660 635        
8 A" 1034 994        
9 A" 517 497        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7366.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7082.4 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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
2.89840 0.39030 0.34398

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.898 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.178 0.193 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.386 0.000
H5 -1.787 -0.258 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35141.19401.09991.8996
O21.35142.23092.05680.9621
O31.19402.23092.02592.9995
H41.09992.05682.02592.1125
H51.89960.96212.99952.1125

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 109.232 O2 C1 O3 122.310
O2 C1 H4 113.689 O3 C1 H4 124.001
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability