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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.271857
Energy at 298.15K-189.274605
HF Energy-188.768967
Nuclear repulsion energy70.296536
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 MP3=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' 3898 3898 59.95      
2 A' 3200 3200 43.91      
3 A' 1927 1927 329.75      
4 A' 1472 1472 8.91      
5 A' 1368 1368 14.88      
6 A' 1190 1190 259.19      
7 A' 645 645 56.19      
8 A" 1095 1095 0.33      
9 A" 697 697 169.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7745.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7745.1 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
2.60338 0.40301 0.34898

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.031 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.159 0.106 0.000
H4 -0.370 1.447 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.326 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34231.20131.09021.8656
O21.34232.25691.99710.9654
O31.20132.25692.03412.3097
H41.09021.99712.03412.7872
H51.86560.96542.30972.7872

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 106.742 O2 C1 O3 124.969
O2 C1 H4 109.941 O3 C1 H4 125.090
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.263174
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.759362
Nuclear repulsion energy70.044653
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 MP3=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' 3953 3953 63.07      
2 A' 3106 3106 78.45      
3 A' 1966 1966 271.14      
4 A' 1501 1501 3.37      
5 A' 1335 1335 353.75      
6 A' 1173 1173 31.90      
7 A' 675 675 10.83      
8 A" 1076 1076 1.59      
9 A" 508 508 104.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7646.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7646.2 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
2.91758 0.38997 0.34399

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.899 -0.621 0.000
O3 1.179 0.191 0.000
H4 -0.452 1.384 0.000
H5 -1.788 -0.256 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34891.19521.09701.8995
O21.34892.23192.05430.9606
O31.19522.23192.02103.0012
H41.09702.05432.02102.1159
H51.89950.96063.00122.1159

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 109.514 O2 C1 O3 122.510
O2 C1 H4 113.861 O3 C1 H4 123.629
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability