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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.270895
Energy at 298.15K-189.273628
HF Energy-188.767211
Nuclear repulsion energy69.837087
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/6-31G**
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' 3808 3558 62.45 62.67 0.27 0.42
2 A' 3181 2972 47.07 96.00 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1844 1723 274.58 8.71 0.25 0.39
4 A' 1445 1351 2.86 10.35 0.56 0.72
5 A' 1334 1246 15.30 0.94 0.43 0.60
6 A' 1153 1077 251.27 2.67 0.16 0.28
7 A' 626 585 50.12 4.22 0.60 0.75
8 A" 1075 1004 1.68 2.12 0.75 0.86
9 A" 710 664 160.95 1.80 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7588.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7090.4 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
2.58601 0.39698 0.34415

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.040 -0.436 0.000
O3 1.169 0.104 0.000
H4 -0.377 1.448 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.327 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34951.21201.09191.8684
O21.34952.27471.99750.9714
O31.21202.27472.04872.3174
H41.09191.99752.04872.7888
H51.86840.97142.31742.7888

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 106.082 O2 C1 O3 125.172
O2 C1 H4 109.351 O3 C1 H4 125.477
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.261903
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.757711
Nuclear repulsion energy69.607531
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/6-31G**
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' 3872 3618 62.64 83.93 0.28 0.43
2 A' 3079 2877 87.60 86.79 0.27 0.43
3 A' 1881 1758 221.88 9.24 0.20 0.33
4 A' 1472 1376 0.73 9.90 0.59 0.74
5 A' 1298 1213 334.13 3.80 0.64 0.78
6 A' 1145 1070 30.59 7.26 0.34 0.51
7 A' 656 613 10.92 1.33 0.69 0.82
8 A" 1055 986 0.89 2.45 0.75 0.86
9 A" 526 492 101.43 1.97 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7492.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7000.8 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
2.88729 0.38494 0.33965

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.908 -0.620 0.000
O3 1.189 0.187 0.000
H4 -0.455 1.387 0.000
H5 -1.796 -0.241 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35531.20591.09931.9028
O21.35532.24732.05760.9660
O31.20592.24732.03533.0164
H41.09932.05762.03532.1096
H51.90280.96603.01642.1096

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 108.955 O2 C1 O3 122.565
O2 C1 H4 113.507 O3 C1 H4 123.928
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability