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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G**

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.260498
Energy at 298.15K-189.263229
HF Energy-188.766980
Nuclear repulsion energy69.778736
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 MP2/6-31G**
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' 3806 3565 62.21 62.76 0.27 0.42
2 A' 3179 2977 47.05 96.34 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1840 1723 273.65 8.70 0.25 0.39
4 A' 1444 1352 2.85 10.42 0.56 0.72
5 A' 1332 1248 15.12 0.95 0.43 0.60
6 A' 1151 1078 251.44 2.70 0.16 0.28
7 A' 625 585 49.93 4.23 0.60 0.75
8 A" 1072 1004 1.73 2.12 0.75 0.86
9 A" 708 663 160.76 1.82 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7578.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9365) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7097.5 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 MP2/6-31G**
ABC
2.58058 0.39636 0.34359

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.424 0.000
O2 -1.041 -0.437 0.000
O3 1.170 0.104 0.000
H4 -0.378 1.449 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.328 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35081.21291.09281.8694
O21.35082.27651.99940.9720
O31.21292.27652.05062.3182
H41.09281.99942.05062.7907
H51.86940.97202.31822.7907

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 106.028 O2 C1 O3 125.146
O2 C1 H4 109.356 O3 C1 H4 125.498
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.251506
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.757472
Nuclear repulsion energy69.547258
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 MP2/6-31G**
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' 3869 3623 62.11 84.19 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3077 2882 87.51 87.11 0.27 0.43
3 A' 1877 1758 220.74 9.22 0.20 0.33
4 A' 1471 1377 0.70 9.95 0.59 0.74
5 A' 1297 1215 332.65 3.84 0.64 0.78
6 A' 1143 1071 31.99 7.29 0.34 0.51
7 A' 655 613 10.92 1.34 0.69 0.82
8 A" 1052 985 0.88 2.47 0.75 0.86
9 A" 525 492 101.19 1.99 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7482.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9365) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7007.6 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 MP2/6-31G**
ABC
2.87989 0.38434 0.33909

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.909 -0.621 0.000
O3 1.190 0.187 0.000
H4 -0.455 1.388 0.000
H5 -1.798 -0.241 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35671.20681.10021.9040
O21.35672.24902.05970.9667
O31.20682.24902.03713.0183
H41.10022.05972.03712.1111
H51.90400.96673.01832.1111

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 108.909 O2 C1 O3 122.530
O2 C1 H4 113.516 O3 C1 H4 123.954
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability