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

using model chemistry: CCSD(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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.501934
Energy at 298.15K-189.504657
HF Energy-188.840624
Nuclear repulsion energy70.139447
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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
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' 3764 3669        
2 A' 3089 3011        
3 A' 1825 1779        
4 A' 1416 1380        
5 A' 1326 1293        
6 A' 1137 1108        
7 A' 630 614        
8 A" 1062 1035        
9 A" 677 660        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7462.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7273.9 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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.59480 0.40103 0.34734

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.033 -0.442 0.000
O3 1.161 0.110 0.000
H4 -0.377 1.450 0.000
H5 -0.643 -1.328 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34721.20221.09451.8650
O21.34722.26282.00210.9687
O31.20222.26282.03972.3073
H41.09452.00212.03972.7907
H51.86500.96872.30732.7907

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 106.131 O2 C1 O3 125.050
O2 C1 H4 109.733 O3 C1 H4 125.217
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.494803
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.832699
Nuclear repulsion energy69.912292
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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
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' 3832 3736        
2 A' 3000 2925        
3 A' 1866 1819        
4 A' 1431 1395        
5 A' 1299 1266        
6 A' 1127 1099        
7 A' 661 644        
8 A" 1041 1015        
9 A" 519 506        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7387.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7201.4 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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.89870 0.38867 0.34272

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(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 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.181 0.195 0.000
H4 -0.464 1.384 0.000
H5 -1.785 -0.247 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35361.19581.10121.8935
O21.35362.23672.05700.9632
O31.19582.23672.02892.9984
H41.10122.05702.02892.0989
H51.89350.96322.99842.0989

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 108.453 O2 C1 O3 122.524
O2 C1 H4 113.446 O3 C1 H4 124.031
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability