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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-31+G**

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.301316
Energy at 298.15K-189.304021
HF Energy-188.773765
Nuclear repulsion energy69.638231
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(T)/6-31+G**
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 3634        
2 A' 3158 3030        
3 A' 1808 1735        
4 A' 1425 1368        
5 A' 1312 1259        
6 A' 1136 1090        
7 A' 620 595        
8 A" 1049 1006        
9 A" 671 644        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7482.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7179.9 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 CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
ABC
2.56097 0.39508 0.34228

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.426 0.000
O2 -1.042 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.171 0.105 0.000
H4 -0.370 1.455 0.000
H5 -0.666 -1.337 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35461.21461.09341.8846
O21.35462.27922.01020.9726
O31.21462.27922.04892.3358
H41.09342.01022.04892.8075
H51.88460.97262.33582.8075

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 107.012 O2 C1 O3 124.946
O2 C1 H4 109.948 O3 C1 H4 125.106
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.293290
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.764653
Nuclear repulsion energy69.418181
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(T)/6-31+G**
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' 3840 3685        
2 A' 3065 2941        
3 A' 1850 1775        
4 A' 1448 1389        
5 A' 1289 1237        
6 A' 1118 1073        
7 A' 646 620        
8 A" 1028 986        
9 A" 511 490        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7397.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7099.0 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(T)/6-31+G**
ABC
2.85798 0.38329 0.33796

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.390 0.000
O2 -0.909 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.191 0.188 0.000
H4 -0.450 1.394 0.000
H5 -1.804 -0.253 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36151.20781.10011.9148
O21.36152.25132.06910.9680
O31.20782.25132.03613.0267
H41.10012.06912.03612.1321
H51.91480.96803.02672.1321

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 109.404 O2 C1 O3 122.268
O2 C1 H4 113.974 O3 C1 H4 123.759
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability