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

using model chemistry: MP2/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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.281316
Energy at 298.15K-189.284053
HF Energy-188.779822
Nuclear repulsion energy69.814447
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/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' 3756 3578 64.94 66.52 0.27 0.43
2 A' 3119 2971 56.10 115.88 0.27 0.43
3 A' 1844 1756 287.32 7.93 0.27 0.43
4 A' 1422 1355 3.28 11.27 0.55 0.71
5 A' 1330 1267 13.80 0.61 0.44 0.61
6 A' 1153 1099 239.70 2.15 0.19 0.32
7 A' 632 602 46.24 4.10 0.57 0.73
8 A" 1067 1016 2.09 1.70 0.75 0.86
9 A" 704 671 141.25 1.78 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7513.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7156.8 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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.57385 0.39750 0.34432

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.040 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.168 0.107 0.000
H4 -0.389 1.459 0.000
H5 -0.634 -1.327 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35021.20921.10791.8602
O21.35022.27392.00700.9755
O31.20922.27392.06202.3028
H41.10792.00702.06202.7967
H51.86020.97552.30282.7967

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 105.088 O2 C1 O3 125.273
O2 C1 H4 109.070 O3 C1 H4 125.658
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.272761
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.770796
Nuclear repulsion energy69.590998
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/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' 3835 3653 68.43 81.01 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3014 2871 102.95 109.84 0.27 0.42
3 A' 1879 1790 240.96 8.08 0.23 0.37
4 A' 1435 1367 0.65 10.41 0.58 0.73
5 A' 1305 1243 315.63 3.33 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1136 1082 33.06 6.81 0.42 0.59
7 A' 659 628 12.08 1.20 0.65 0.79
8 A" 1045 996 0.55 2.17 0.75 0.86
9 A" 522 498 88.19 1.81 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7415.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7063.2 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.86848 0.38544 0.33979

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.383 0.000
O2 -0.905 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.188 0.192 0.000
H4 -0.471 1.395 0.000
H5 -1.787 -0.224 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35571.20311.11581.8880
O21.35572.24732.06680.9690
O31.20312.24732.04913.0043
H41.11582.06682.04912.0870
H51.88800.96903.00432.0870

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 107.439 O2 C1 O3 122.749
O2 C1 H4 113.131 O3 C1 H4 124.120
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability