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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/daug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 no CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/daug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3737 3737 67.55 73.44 0.16 0.27
2 A' 3090 3090 36.26 116.53 0.24 0.39
3 A' 1798 1798 353.33 15.85 0.09 0.17
4 A' 1407 1407 1.93 4.99 0.57 0.73
5 A' 1304 1304 9.84 2.35 0.20 0.34
6 A' 1126 1126 262.01 3.03 0.21 0.34
7 A' 629 629 41.15 3.39 0.31 0.47
8 A" 1060 1060 2.40 0.99 0.75 0.86
9 A" 680 680 136.14 0.38 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7415.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7415.4 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.60553 0.40189 0.34818

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.421 0.000
O2 -1.030 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.160 0.113 0.000
H4 -0.379 1.446 0.000
H5 -0.657 -1.336 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34431.20001.09221.8763
O21.34432.25931.99740.9690
O31.20002.25932.03552.3238
H41.09221.99742.03552.7960
H51.87630.96902.32382.7960

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 107.294 O2 C1 O3 125.139
O2 C1 H4 109.688 O3 C1 H4 125.173
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.727677
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.502344
Nuclear repulsion energy70.026590
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/daug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3802 3802 65.29 103.52 0.19 0.31
2 A' 3002 3002 68.32 117.48 0.24 0.38
3 A' 1842 1842 290.60 18.25 0.15 0.26
4 A' 1416 1416 0.25 4.46 0.52 0.68
5 A' 1276 1276 306.93 1.29 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1109 1109 57.41 9.98 0.30 0.46
7 A' 659 659 9.75 0.61 0.44 0.62
8 A" 1038 1038 0.03 1.17 0.75 0.86
9 A" 533 533 83.15 0.57 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7338.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7338.9 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.91026 0.39005 0.34395

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.896 -0.625 0.000
O3 1.178 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.463 1.382 0.000
H5 -1.791 -0.266 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35121.19321.09871.9058
O21.35122.23112.05360.9638
O31.19322.23112.02483.0046
H41.09872.05362.02482.1166
H51.90580.96383.00462.1166

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 109.692 O2 C1 O3 122.415
O2 C1 H4 113.514 O3 C1 H4 124.072
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability