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

using model chemistry: MP4=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 MP4=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.550235
Energy at 298.15K-189.552959
HF Energy-188.840432
Nuclear repulsion energy70.109277
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=FULL/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' 3759 3619        
2 A' 3095 2981        
3 A' 1795 1728        
4 A' 1416 1363        
5 A' 1317 1268        
6 A' 1125 1083        
7 A' 625 602        
8 A" 1066 1027        
9 A" 687 662        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7442.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9629) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7166.1 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 MP4=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.60426 0.40009 0.34681

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.035 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.163 0.109 0.000
H4 -0.377 1.445 0.000
H5 -0.645 -1.326 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34671.20431.09021.8634
O21.34672.26561.99630.9687
O31.20432.26562.03832.3086
H41.09021.99632.03832.7842
H51.86340.96872.30862.7842

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 106.020 O2 C1 O3 125.181
O2 C1 H4 109.556 O3 C1 H4 125.263
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.543175
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.832534
Nuclear repulsion energy69.891323
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=FULL/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' 3827 3685        
2 A' 3008 2896        
3 A' 1836 1768        
4 A' 1430 1377        
5 A' 1286 1239        
6 A' 1119 1078        
7 A' 657 633        
8 A" 1044 1005        
9 A" 530 511        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7368.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9629) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7095.4 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=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.90956 0.38794 0.34230

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.384 0.000
O2 -0.902 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.183 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.462 1.379 0.000
H5 -1.785 -0.240 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35301.19781.09661.8907
O21.35302.23922.05070.9632
O31.19782.23922.02722.9989
H41.09662.05072.02722.0900
H51.89070.96322.99892.0900

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 108.253 O2 C1 O3 122.646
O2 C1 H4 113.272 O3 C1 H4 124.082
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability