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

using model chemistry: MP2/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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.371463
Energy at 298.15K-189.374190
HF Energy-188.834446
Nuclear repulsion energy70.042596
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/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' 3772 3576 69.72 64.26 0.22 0.37
2 A' 3145 2981 40.47 109.84 0.26 0.42
3 A' 1811 1717 321.08 12.21 0.19 0.31
4 A' 1449 1374 1.79 9.53 0.51 0.68
5 A' 1319 1250 11.86 0.97 0.66 0.79
6 A' 1139 1080 276.58 2.77 0.14 0.24
7 A' 636 603 43.58 4.45 0.52 0.68
8 A" 1063 1008 3.25 1.40 0.75 0.86
9 A" 678 643 157.88 0.71 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7506.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7115.7 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/TZVP
ABC
2.59345 0.39968 0.34631

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.035 -0.441 0.000
O3 1.163 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.379 1.447 0.000
H5 -0.649 -1.332 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34811.20461.09261.8710
O21.34812.26641.99950.9710
O31.20462.26642.04122.3162
H41.09261.99952.04122.7929
H51.87100.97102.31622.7929

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 106.429 O2 C1 O3 125.114
O2 C1 H4 109.576 O3 C1 H4 125.309
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.363664
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.825764
Nuclear repulsion energy69.822326
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/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' 3837 3637 71.61 87.76 0.25 0.39
2 A' 3046 2887 78.51 107.08 0.26 0.41
3 A' 1848 1752 260.09 13.54 0.16 0.28
4 A' 1465 1388 0.03 8.83 0.59 0.74
5 A' 1289 1222 313.85 3.86 0.69 0.81
6 A' 1119 1061 59.36 6.31 0.36 0.53
7 A' 664 629 12.92 1.47 0.58 0.74
8 A" 1042 988 0.05 1.48 0.75 0.86
9 A" 512 485 100.15 0.85 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7410.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7024.6 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/TZVP
ABC
2.88878 0.38785 0.34194

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.901 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.182 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.461 1.385 0.000
H5 -1.788 -0.243 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35501.19801.10021.8957
O21.35502.23902.05840.9659
O31.19802.23902.02993.0025
H41.10022.05842.02992.1005
H51.89570.96593.00252.1005

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 108.363 O2 C1 O3 122.447
O2 C1 H4 113.530 O3 C1 H4 124.023
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability