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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.286306
Energy at 298.15K-189.289020
HF Energy-188.773888
Nuclear repulsion energy69.689711
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/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' 3789 3558 76.72 63.38 0.18 0.30
2 A' 3193 2999 33.88 110.03 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1804 1695 349.66 15.99 0.18 0.31
4 A' 1432 1345 1.28 8.39 0.53 0.69
5 A' 1303 1224 19.88 1.59 0.28 0.43
6 A' 1138 1069 276.16 3.27 0.14 0.24
7 A' 621 584 45.23 3.79 0.51 0.67
8 A" 1062 998 4.36 1.86 0.75 0.86
9 A" 684 642 164.45 0.32 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7513.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7056.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
2.57578 0.39519 0.34263

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.424 0.000
O2 -1.042 -0.437 0.000
O3 1.172 0.104 0.000
H4 -0.372 1.450 0.000
H5 -0.669 -1.335 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35191.21481.09081.8827
O21.35192.27902.00210.9728
O31.21482.27902.04802.3368
H41.09082.00212.04802.8009
H51.88270.97282.33682.8009

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 107.030 O2 C1 O3 125.134
O2 C1 H4 109.632 O3 C1 H4 125.234
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.278110
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.764819
Nuclear repulsion energy69.481650
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/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' 3848 3614 77.74 93.21 0.21 0.35
2 A' 3097 2909 70.44 112.12 0.28 0.43
3 A' 1841 1729 280.99 17.65 0.19 0.32
4 A' 1454 1366 0.21 7.19 0.54 0.70
5 A' 1279 1201 333.89 2.57 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1121 1053 46.76 7.84 0.34 0.50
7 A' 649 609 11.55 1.52 0.59 0.74
8 A" 1040 976 0.01 2.21 0.75 0.86
9 A" 525 493 108.90 0.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7426.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6975.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
2.86894 0.38390 0.33859

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.389 0.000
O2 -0.909 -0.620 0.000
O3 1.191 0.185 0.000
H4 -0.450 1.390 0.000
H5 -1.804 -0.250 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35841.20831.09761.9136
O21.35842.24942.06210.9680
O31.20832.24942.03583.0263
H41.09762.06212.03582.1268
H51.91360.96803.02632.1268

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 109.540 O2 C1 O3 122.313
O2 C1 H4 113.781 O3 C1 H4 123.907
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability