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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.512769
Energy at 298.15K-189.515506
HF Energy-188.841177
Nuclear repulsion energy70.341383
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=FULL/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' 3780 3589 76.00 58.63 0.22 0.36
2 A' 3141 2982 39.52 105.99 0.25 0.40
3 A' 1829 1737 300.60 9.89 0.23 0.37
4 A' 1432 1360 1.68 7.68 0.48 0.64
5 A' 1322 1255 16.07 1.07 0.35 0.51
6 A' 1143 1085 251.13 2.25 0.15 0.26
7 A' 634 602 44.12 3.64 0.47 0.64
8 A" 1084 1029 2.53 0.95 0.75 0.86
9 A" 692 657 137.73 0.88 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7528.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7147.1 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.61876 0.40302 0.34927

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 -1.031 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.159 0.108 0.000
H4 -0.375 1.441 0.000
H5 -0.644 -1.325 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34171.20011.08741.8601
O21.34172.25731.98990.9679
O31.20012.25732.03202.3030
H41.08741.98992.03202.7787
H51.86010.96792.30302.7787

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 106.167 O2 C1 O3 125.174
O2 C1 H4 109.572 O3 C1 H4 125.254
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.505575
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.833284
Nuclear repulsion energy70.117772
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=FULL/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' 3853 3658 78.85 77.97 0.23 0.38
2 A' 3054 2899 74.67 102.42 0.24 0.39
3 A' 1869 1774 246.43 10.32 0.22 0.36
4 A' 1450 1377 0.04 7.41 0.50 0.67
5 A' 1290 1225 313.06 2.37 0.70 0.83
6 A' 1138 1080 41.37 6.66 0.34 0.50
7 A' 667 634 10.87 1.09 0.51 0.68
8 A" 1062 1008 0.00 1.16 0.75 0.86
9 A" 537 510 85.59 1.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7459.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7082.1 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.93089 0.39052 0.34460

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.383 0.000
O2 -0.898 -0.622 0.000
O3 1.179 0.193 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.375 0.000
H5 -1.782 -0.242 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34781.19381.09371.8886
O21.34782.23132.04460.9623
O31.19382.23132.02042.9928
H41.09372.04462.02042.0886
H51.88860.96232.99282.0886

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 108.520 O2 C1 O3 122.670
O2 C1 H4 113.326 O3 C1 H4 124.004
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability