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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.796190
Energy at 298.15K-189.798896
HF Energy-189.796190
Nuclear repulsion energy69.786019
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 TPSSh/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' 3676 3676 49.66 77.92 0.17 0.29
2 A' 3064 3064 43.85 127.91 0.26 0.41
3 A' 1790 1790 358.42 14.14 0.09 0.16
4 A' 1389 1389 1.91 5.03 0.66 0.79
5 A' 1288 1288 8.40 2.60 0.21 0.35
6 A' 1112 1112 244.20 2.69 0.27 0.42
7 A' 609 609 40.84 3.36 0.32 0.48
8 A" 1040 1040 3.96 1.21 0.75 0.86
9 A" 682 682 127.99 0.45 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7324.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7324.8 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 TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.56331 0.39743 0.34408

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.424 0.000
O2 -1.037 -0.443 0.000
O3 1.167 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.381 1.458 0.000
H5 -0.656 -1.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35211.20841.10191.8836
O21.35212.27242.01120.9757
O31.20842.27242.05302.3301
H41.10192.01122.05302.8129
H51.88360.97572.33012.8129

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 106.909 O2 C1 O3 125.019
O2 C1 H4 109.654 O3 C1 H4 125.327
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.136      
2 O -0.529      
3 O -0.610      
4 H -0.331      
5 H 0.334      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.508 -0.261 0.000 1.530
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.191 0.119 0.000
y 0.119 3.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.470


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.630
(<r2>)1/2 6.134

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.789715
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.789715
Nuclear repulsion energy69.595223
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 TPSSh/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' 3732 3732 43.35 117.89 0.20 0.34
2 A' 2974 2974 80.09 122.90 0.25 0.40
3 A' 1832 1832 292.18 17.86 0.15 0.27
4 A' 1397 1397 0.25 3.87 0.56 0.71
5 A' 1268 1268 294.82 1.98 0.58 0.73
6 A' 1094 1094 52.04 10.46 0.35 0.52
7 A' 641 641 8.59 0.32 0.52 0.68
8 A" 1016 1016 0.26 1.45 0.75 0.86
9 A" 543 543 79.55 0.81 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7248.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7248.3 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 TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.84268 0.38670 0.34040

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.391 0.000
O2 -0.902 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.185 0.191 0.000
H4 -0.463 1.398 0.000
H5 -1.801 -0.258 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35891.20161.10871.9140
O21.35892.24072.07100.9711
O31.20162.24072.04273.0190
H41.10872.07102.04272.1291
H51.91400.97113.01902.1291

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 109.332 O2 C1 O3 121.996
O2 C1 H4 113.743 O3 C1 H4 124.261
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.291      
2 O -0.836      
3 O -0.622      
4 H -0.295      
5 H 0.462      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.550 1.526 0.000 3.864
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.704 0.142 0.000
y 0.142 3.437 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.488


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.108
(<r2>)1/2 6.173