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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31+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 MP2/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.275334
Energy at 298.15K-189.278045
HF Energy-188.773653
Nuclear repulsion energy69.631910
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 MP2/6-31+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 3562 76.51 63.50 0.18 0.30
2 A' 3191 3002 33.87 110.36 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1801 1694 348.74 16.00 0.18 0.31
4 A' 1430 1345 1.28 8.45 0.53 0.69
5 A' 1302 1225 19.63 1.60 0.27 0.43
6 A' 1136 1069 276.51 3.31 0.14 0.24
7 A' 620 583 45.04 3.81 0.51 0.67
8 A" 1060 997 4.42 1.87 0.75 0.86
9 A" 682 641 164.26 0.32 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7504.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9406) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7058.9 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 MP2/6-31+G**
ABC
2.57102 0.39455 0.34206

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.425 0.000
O2 -1.043 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.173 0.105 0.000
H4 -0.373 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.668 -1.336 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35321.21581.09171.8838
O21.35322.28092.00380.9734
O31.21582.28092.04992.3380
H41.09172.00382.04992.8028
H51.88380.97342.33802.8028

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 106.996 O2 C1 O3 125.120
O2 C1 H4 109.621 O3 C1 H4 125.259
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.267134
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.764578
Nuclear repulsion energy69.423439
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 MP2/6-31+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' 3846 3617 77.25 93.44 0.21 0.35
2 A' 3096 2912 70.36 112.42 0.28 0.43
3 A' 1837 1728 279.85 17.64 0.19 0.32
4 A' 1452 1366 0.19 7.23 0.54 0.70
5 A' 1278 1202 332.47 2.60 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1120 1053 48.30 7.89 0.34 0.50
7 A' 647 609 11.55 1.53 0.59 0.74
8 A" 1038 976 0.01 2.22 0.75 0.86
9 A" 524 493 108.68 0.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7418.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9406) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6977.6 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 MP2/6-31+G**
ABC
2.86233 0.38331 0.33804

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.390 0.000
O2 -0.910 -0.621 0.000
O3 1.192 0.186 0.000
H4 -0.451 1.392 0.000
H5 -1.805 -0.250 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35981.20921.09841.9148
O21.35982.25122.06400.9686
O31.20922.25122.03763.0282
H41.09842.06402.03762.1280
H51.91480.96863.02822.1280

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 109.496 O2 C1 O3 122.287
O2 C1 H4 113.780 O3 C1 H4 123.933
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability