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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.265733
Energy at 298.15K-189.268473
HF Energy-188.768464
Nuclear repulsion energy70.124922
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 CCD/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' 3867 3626 57.41      
2 A' 3178 2980 45.99      
3 A' 1908 1789 316.71      
4 A' 1463 1372 7.79      
5 A' 1360 1276 13.90      
6 A' 1180 1106 259.99      
7 A' 641 601 54.33      
8 A" 1087 1019 0.34      
9 A" 693 650 167.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7688.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7208.7 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
2.59460 0.40083 0.34719

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.034 -0.439 0.000
O3 1.162 0.108 0.000
H4 -0.373 1.449 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.329 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34581.20411.09251.8694
O21.34582.26302.00040.9677
O31.20412.26302.03912.3153
H41.09252.00042.03912.7922
H51.86940.96772.31532.7922

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 106.668 O2 C1 O3 125.031
O2 C1 H4 109.821 O3 C1 H4 125.148
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.257024
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.758857
Nuclear repulsion energy69.876953
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 CCD/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' 3921 3676 59.85      
2 A' 3083 2891 80.90      
3 A' 1948 1826 257.78      
4 A' 1492 1399 3.02      
5 A' 1328 1245 344.86      
6 A' 1163 1091 36.53      
7 A' 670 628 10.92      
8 A" 1069 1003 1.64      
9 A" 504 472 103.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7588.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7114.8 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
2.90253 0.38813 0.34235

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.901 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.182 0.192 0.000
H4 -0.454 1.387 0.000
H5 -1.792 -0.256 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35251.19801.09951.9034
O21.35252.23722.05890.9630
O31.19802.23722.02603.0077
H41.09952.05892.02602.1191
H51.90340.96303.00772.1191

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 109.425 O2 C1 O3 122.497
O2 C1 H4 113.822 O3 C1 H4 123.681
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability