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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ

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/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.337787
Energy at 298.15K-189.340497
HF Energy-188.796114
Nuclear repulsion energy69.556356
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/daug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3724 3724 73.59 67.98 0.14 0.24
2 A' 3134 3134 34.11 114.54 0.24 0.39
3 A' 1777 1777 332.00 19.14 0.11 0.19
4 A' 1400 1400 1.14 6.01 0.51 0.67
5 A' 1296 1296 9.41 2.11 0.15 0.26
6 A' 1118 1118 268.04 3.54 0.15 0.26
7 A' 619 619 38.51 3.43 0.31 0.48
8 A" 1049 1049 4.08 1.02 0.75 0.86
9 A" 671 671 132.44 0.28 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7393.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7393.9 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 MP2=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.56437 0.39372 0.34132

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.424 0.000
O2 -1.043 -0.443 0.000
O3 1.173 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.380 1.459 0.000
H5 -0.657 -1.338 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35631.21421.10201.8805
O21.35632.28352.01350.9744
O31.21422.28352.05702.3331
H41.10202.01352.05702.8099
H51.88050.97442.33312.8099

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 106.418 O2 C1 O3 125.246
O2 C1 H4 109.549 O3 C1 H4 125.205
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.330982
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.788339
Nuclear repulsion energy69.342312
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/daug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3787 3787 73.93 94.63 0.17 0.29
2 A' 3051 3051 63.70 114.44 0.23 0.37
3 A' 1811 1811 269.91 19.10 0.14 0.25
4 A' 1409 1409 0.02 5.61 0.43 0.60
5 A' 1276 1276 294.85 1.52 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1100 1100 66.91 9.82 0.25 0.40
7 A' 645 645 10.72 0.92 0.39 0.56
8 A" 1019 1019 0.36 1.15 0.75 0.86
9 A" 524 524 83.26 0.44 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7311.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7311.1 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/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.83940 0.38290 0.33740

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.390 0.000
O2 -0.908 -0.627 0.000
O3 1.191 0.190 0.000
H4 -0.462 1.397 0.000
H5 -1.800 -0.247 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36361.20791.10811.9099
O21.36362.25312.07300.9695
O31.20792.25312.04673.0235
H41.10812.07302.04672.1205
H51.90990.96953.02352.1205

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 108.712 O2 C1 O3 122.259
O2 C1 H4 113.603 O3 C1 H4 124.138
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability