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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/TZVP

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 MP2=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.422654
Energy at 298.15K-189.425382
HF Energy-188.834596
Nuclear repulsion energy70.085888
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/TZVP
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' 3774 3595 70.06 64.18 0.22 0.37
2 A' 3145 2996 40.25 109.52 0.26 0.42
3 A' 1813 1728 321.44 12.21 0.19 0.31
4 A' 1451 1382 1.79 9.48 0.51 0.68
5 A' 1319 1257 12.21 0.98 0.66 0.79
6 A' 1140 1086 276.52 2.75 0.14 0.24
7 A' 637 607 43.74 4.44 0.52 0.68
8 A" 1064 1014 3.21 1.40 0.75 0.86
9 A" 679 647 158.14 0.71 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7511.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9527) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7155.8 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 MP2=FULL/TZVP
ABC
2.59614 0.40023 0.34677

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.034 -0.441 0.000
O3 1.163 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.378 1.447 0.000
H5 -0.649 -1.332 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34711.20381.09201.8703
O21.34712.26481.99840.9709
O31.20382.26482.03982.3151
H41.09201.99842.03982.7918
H51.87030.97092.31512.7918

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 106.450 O2 C1 O3 125.111
O2 C1 H4 109.589 O3 C1 H4 125.301
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.414852
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.825953
Nuclear repulsion energy69.874312
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/TZVP
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' 3840 3659 72.36 87.69 0.25 0.39
2 A' 3043 2899 78.49 106.92 0.26 0.41
3 A' 1850 1763 261.26 13.56 0.16 0.28
4 A' 1466 1397 0.04 8.81 0.59 0.74
5 A' 1289 1228 317.16 3.82 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1121 1068 55.94 6.31 0.36 0.53
7 A' 665 634 12.87 1.45 0.58 0.74
8 A" 1045 995 0.05 1.48 0.75 0.86
9 A" 511 487 100.51 0.84 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7415.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9527) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7064.3 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 MP2=FULL/TZVP
ABC
2.89412 0.38843 0.34247

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.901 -0.625 0.000
O3 1.182 0.193 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.385 0.000
H5 -1.788 -0.244 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35361.19721.09981.8953
O21.35362.23722.05720.9656
O31.19722.23722.02833.0014
H41.09982.05722.02832.1010
H51.89530.96563.00142.1010

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 108.454 O2 C1 O3 122.462
O2 C1 H4 113.567 O3 C1 H4 123.971
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability