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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.295723
Energy at 298.15K-189.298459
HF Energy-188.780436
Nuclear repulsion energy69.928979
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 QCISD/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' 3780 3626 55.03      
2 A' 3104 2978 55.39      
3 A' 1865 1790 313.94      
4 A' 1426 1368 5.81      
5 A' 1345 1290 9.98      
6 A' 1161 1114 235.01      
7 A' 637 611 48.75      
8 A" 1069 1025 0.63      
9 A" 690 662 143.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7538.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7232.1 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.57313 0.39918 0.34557

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.036 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.164 0.109 0.000
H4 -0.387 1.461 0.000
H5 -0.635 -1.329 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34941.20551.10921.8622
O21.34942.26872.01130.9733
O31.20552.26872.05782.3032
H41.10922.01132.05782.8011
H51.86220.97332.30322.8011

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 105.450 O2 C1 O3 125.152
O2 C1 H4 109.398 O3 C1 H4 125.450
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.287458
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.771336
Nuclear repulsion energy69.695487
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 QCISD/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' 3845 3689 55.07      
2 A' 3004 2882 97.83      
3 A' 1905 1827 260.22      
4 A' 1440 1381 1.59      
5 A' 1325 1271 309.58      
6 A' 1140 1093 38.57      
7 A' 664 637 11.52      
8 A" 1050 1008 1.23      
9 A" 509 488 87.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7439.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7137.9 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.87365 0.38670 0.34083

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.383 0.000
O2 -0.902 -0.627 0.000
O3 1.185 0.195 0.000
H4 -0.470 1.396 0.000
H5 -1.787 -0.235 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35501.19951.11691.8907
O21.35502.24312.06940.9677
O31.19952.24312.04513.0023
H41.11692.06942.04512.0961
H51.89070.96773.00232.0961

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 107.816 O2 C1 O3 122.714
O2 C1 H4 113.336 O3 C1 H4 123.949
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability