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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-31G**

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)/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.286409
Energy at 298.15K-189.289131
HF Energy-188.767051
Nuclear repulsion energy69.769477
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)/6-31G**
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' 3804 3608        
2 A' 3147 2985        
3 A' 1843 1748        
4 A' 1438 1364        
5 A' 1339 1270        
6 A' 1149 1090        
7 A' 623 591        
8 A" 1059 1004        
9 A" 697 661        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7549.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7160.8 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)/6-31G**
ABC
2.57178 0.39657 0.34359

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.425 0.000
O2 -1.041 -0.439 0.000
O3 1.169 0.105 0.000
H4 -0.375 1.453 0.000
H5 -0.652 -1.329 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35251.21201.09431.8711
O21.35252.27582.00540.9712
O31.21202.27582.04972.3178
H41.09432.00542.04972.7955
H51.87110.97122.31782.7955

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 106.096 O2 C1 O3 125.008
O2 C1 H4 109.636 O3 C1 H4 125.356
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.277640
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.757507
Nuclear repulsion energy69.532143
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)/6-31G**
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' 3860 3662        
2 A' 3047 2890        
3 A' 1885 1788        
4 A' 1466 1390        
5 A' 1307 1239        
6 A' 1138 1079        
7 A' 652 618        
8 A" 1041 987        
9 A" 513 487        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7453.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7069.9 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)/6-31G**
ABC
2.87401 0.38425 0.33894

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.908 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.189 0.190 0.000
H4 -0.455 1.391 0.000
H5 -1.797 -0.245 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35861.20571.10171.9049
O21.35862.24932.06450.9662
O31.20572.24932.03623.0177
H41.10172.06452.03622.1159
H51.90490.96623.01772.1159

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 108.870 O2 C1 O3 122.489
O2 C1 H4 113.693 O3 C1 H4 123.817
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability