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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ

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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.503005
Energy at 298.15K-189.505726
HF Energy-188.840478
Nuclear repulsion energy70.100241
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(T)/cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3758 3565        
2 A' 3086 2927        
3 A' 1819 1726        
4 A' 1414 1341        
5 A' 1324 1256        
6 A' 1133 1075        
7 A' 628 595        
8 A" 1060 1005        
9 A" 678 643        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7449.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7066.3 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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.59381 0.40047 0.34691

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.034 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.162 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.377 1.450 0.000
H5 -0.643 -1.329 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34801.20291.09471.8652
O21.34802.26442.00290.9690
O31.20292.26442.04042.3080
H41.09472.00292.04042.7912
H51.86520.96902.30802.7912

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 106.066 O2 C1 O3 125.076
O2 C1 H4 109.724 O3 C1 H4 125.200
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.495899
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.832546
Nuclear repulsion energy69.872983
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(T)/cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3825 3629        
2 A' 2999 2845        
3 A' 1861 1765        
4 A' 1427 1354        
5 A' 1296 1229        
6 A' 1122 1065        
7 A' 658 624        
8 A" 1037 984        
9 A" 517 490        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7371.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6992.1 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(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.89792 0.38810 0.34226

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.900 -0.627 0.000
O3 1.181 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.464 1.384 0.000
H5 -1.785 -0.246 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35451.19651.10111.8936
O21.35452.23842.05750.9636
O31.19652.23842.02932.9995
H41.10112.05752.02932.0981
H51.89360.96362.99952.0981

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 108.365 O2 C1 O3 122.560
O2 C1 H4 113.429 O3 C1 H4 124.012
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability