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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.420652
Energy at 298.15K-189.423397
HF Energy-188.836374
Nuclear repulsion energy70.614967
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/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' 3872 3615 65.43      
2 A' 3160 2950 38.51      
3 A' 1907 1781 379.36      
4 A' 1479 1381 6.01      
5 A' 1360 1270 11.78      
6 A' 1181 1103 281.31      
7 A' 659 615 50.88      
8 A" 1088 1016 0.88      
9 A" 667 622 165.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7685.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9337) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7176.3 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 MP3=FULL/TZVP
ABC
2.61645 0.40720 0.35236

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 -1.024 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.151 0.112 0.000
H4 -0.373 1.446 0.000
H5 -0.647 -1.329 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33881.19181.09091.8656
O21.33882.24461.99690.9641
O31.19182.24462.02512.3046
H41.09091.99692.02512.7886
H51.86560.96412.30462.7886

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 107.094 O2 C1 O3 124.895
O2 C1 H4 110.129 O3 C1 H4 124.976
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.413119
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.827613
Nuclear repulsion energy70.368293
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/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' 3930 3670 71.82      
2 A' 3069 2866 70.54      
3 A' 1947 1817 312.27      
4 A' 1498 1399 1.38      
5 A' 1334 1245 336.51      
6 A' 1155 1078 55.78      
7 A' 686 641 12.40      
8 A" 1068 998 0.53      
9 A" 493 460 102.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7589.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9337) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7086.6 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 MP3=FULL/TZVP
ABC
2.93177 0.39400 0.34732

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.383 0.000
O2 -0.891 -0.625 0.000
O3 1.171 0.198 0.000
H4 -0.459 1.381 0.000
H5 -1.778 -0.259 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34611.18551.09781.8901
O21.34612.22062.05230.9593
O31.18552.22062.01352.9839
H41.09782.05232.01352.1043
H51.89010.95932.98392.1043

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 108.991 O2 C1 O3 122.474
O2 C1 H4 113.843 O3 C1 H4 123.684
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability