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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2COOH (Hydroxyacetic 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
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.497181
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-302.669301
Nuclear repulsion energy179.642588
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3823 3572 53.80      
2 A' 3817 3566 94.15      
3 A' 3116 2912 24.69      
4 A' 1849 1728 217.84      
5 A' 1562 1459 5.08      
6 A' 1517 1418 9.29      
7 A' 1388 1297 156.74      
8 A' 1327 1240 19.33      
9 A' 1200 1121 125.33      
10 A' 1143 1068 234.96      
11 A' 887 829 35.44      
12 A' 654 611 19.36      
13 A' 479 447 28.21      
14 A' 288 269 8.15      
15 A" 3163 2956 20.54      
16 A" 1278 1194 0.68      
17 A" 1073 1003 0.39      
18 A" 674 630 147.95      
19 A" 513 480 4.56      
20 A" 287 268 75.19      
21 A" 30i 28i 24.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15002.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14018.7 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
0.35325 0.13579 0.09990

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 -0.602 -0.863 0.000
C2 0.000 0.521 0.000
O3 -0.939 1.487 0.000
O4 1.201 0.732 0.000
O5 0.403 -1.845 0.000
H6 -1.243 -0.954 0.880
H7 -1.243 -0.954 -0.880
H8 1.242 -1.363 0.000
H9 -0.462 2.333 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50902.37422.40671.40561.09251.09251.91113.1986
C21.50901.34761.21922.40032.12002.12002.25651.8698
O32.37421.34762.26953.59282.61262.61263.58920.9707
O42.40671.21922.26952.69753.09643.09642.09462.3085
O51.40562.40033.59282.69752.06872.06870.96834.2667
H61.09252.12002.61263.09642.06871.75982.66843.4907
H71.09252.12002.61263.09642.06871.75982.66843.4907
H81.91112.25653.58922.09460.96832.66842.66844.0696
H93.19861.86980.97072.30854.26673.49073.49074.0696

picture of Hydroxyacetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 112.308 C1 C2 O4 123.462
C1 O5 H8 105.750 C2 C1 O5 110.837
C2 C1 H6 108.087 C2 C1 H7 108.087
C2 O3 H9 106.383 O3 C2 O4 124.229
O5 C1 H6 111.192 O5 C1 H7 111.192
H6 C1 H7 107.294
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability