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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.273686
Energy at 298.15K-189.276417
HF Energy-188.767684
Nuclear repulsion energy69.921884
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 QCISD/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' 3835 3610 53.08      
2 A' 3168 2982 48.12      
3 A' 1862 1753 300.26      
4 A' 1449 1364 5.32      
5 A' 1349 1270 10.82      
6 A' 1162 1094 248.09      
7 A' 631 594 52.77      
8 A" 1074 1011 0.41      
9 A" 696 655 164.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7612.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7166.3 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
2.58119 0.39843 0.34515

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.424 0.000
O2 -1.038 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.166 0.105 0.000
H4 -0.374 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.328 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34921.20921.09291.8697
O21.34922.27022.00240.9694
O31.20922.27022.04532.3161
H41.09292.00242.04532.7928
H51.86970.96942.31612.7928

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 106.331 O2 C1 O3 124.998
O2 C1 H4 109.713 O3 C1 H4 125.289
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.264944
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.758138
Nuclear repulsion energy69.684954
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 QCISD/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' 3887 3660 50.34      
2 A' 3066 2886 85.77      
3 A' 1906 1795 241.08      
4 A' 1477 1391 1.69      
5 A' 1316 1238 327.53      
6 A' 1147 1080 37.00      
7 A' 660 621 10.48      
8 A" 1058 996 1.77      
9 A" 510 480 100.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7514.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7073.8 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
2.88493 0.38606 0.34049

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.905 -0.622 0.000
O3 1.186 0.190 0.000
H4 -0.455 1.389 0.000
H5 -1.795 -0.251 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35561.20261.10051.9051
O21.35562.24352.06120.9646
O31.20262.24352.03263.0140
H41.10052.06122.03262.1180
H51.90510.96463.01402.1180

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 109.231 O2 C1 O3 122.448
O2 C1 H4 113.709 O3 C1 H4 123.842
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability