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

using model chemistry: CCSD=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 CCSD=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.431288
Energy at 298.15K-189.434022
HF Energy-188.835608
Nuclear repulsion energy70.344803
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 CCSD=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' 3812 3612 59.97      
2 A' 3137 2972 40.14      
3 A' 1861 1763 355.12      
4 A' 1463 1386 4.27      
5 A' 1346 1275 9.77      
6 A' 1161 1100 272.70      
7 A' 648 614 48.10      
8 A" 1074 1018 1.04      
9 A" 666 631 162.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7582.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9475) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7184.8 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 CCSD=FULL/TZVP
ABC
2.60333 0.40375 0.34954

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.029 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.157 0.112 0.000
H4 -0.375 1.448 0.000
H5 -0.648 -1.332 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34341.19741.09231.8695
O21.34342.25441.99990.9676
O31.19742.25442.03222.3110
H41.09231.99992.03222.7930
H51.86950.96762.31102.7930

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 106.860 O2 C1 O3 124.970
O2 C1 H4 109.957 O3 C1 H4 125.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.423625
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.826870
Nuclear repulsion energy70.100713
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 CCSD=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' 3869 3666 62.12      
2 A' 3045 2885 73.59      
3 A' 1901 1802 289.17      
4 A' 1481 1403 0.83      
5 A' 1317 1248 318.08      
6 A' 1135 1076 59.13      
7 A' 675 640 12.22      
8 A" 1055 1000 0.49      
9 A" 494 468 100.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7486.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9475) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7093.6 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 CCSD=FULL/TZVP
ABC
2.91329 0.39087 0.34463

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.896 -0.627 0.000
O3 1.176 0.197 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.383 0.000
H5 -1.784 -0.256 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35081.19091.09931.8955
O21.35082.22962.05660.9629
O31.19092.22962.02022.9947
H41.09932.05662.02022.1072
H51.89550.96292.99472.1072

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 108.866 O2 C1 O3 122.491
O2 C1 H4 113.757 O3 C1 H4 123.752
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability