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

using model chemistry: MP4/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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.312056
Energy at 298.15K-189.314778
HF Energy-188.778840
Nuclear repulsion energy69.574838
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 MP4/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' 3738 3615        
2 A' 3074 2973        
3 A' 1809 1749        
4 A' 1404 1357        
5 A' 1324 1280        
6 A' 1133 1096        
7 A' 622 601        
8 A" 1047 1012        
9 A" 698 675        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7424.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9669) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7178.4 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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.56065 0.39443 0.34178

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.043 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.172 0.108 0.000
H4 -0.393 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.635 -1.329 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35551.21331.11181.8631
O21.35552.28292.01340.9762
O31.21332.28292.06952.3086
H41.11182.01342.06952.8023
H51.86310.97622.30862.8023

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 104.907 O2 C1 O3 125.320
O2 C1 H4 108.980 O3 C1 H4 125.700
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.303705
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.769815
Nuclear repulsion energy69.360360
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 MP4/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' 3809 3683        
2 A' 2966 2868        
3 A' 1847 1786        
4 A' 1412 1365        
5 A' 1300 1257        
6 A' 1117 1080        
7 A' 648 627        
8 A" 1025 991        
9 A" 519 502        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7321.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9669) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7079.4 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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.84633 0.38287 0.33747

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.909 -0.629 0.000
O3 1.192 0.193 0.000
H4 -0.475 1.399 0.000
H5 -1.790 -0.224 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36121.20691.12001.8908
O21.36122.25522.07400.9702
O31.20692.25522.05703.0108
H41.12002.07402.05702.0893
H51.89080.97023.01082.0893

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 107.201 O2 C1 O3 122.731
O2 C1 H4 113.059 O3 C1 H4 124.211
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability