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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.478004
Energy at 298.15K-189.480739
HF Energy-188.841433
Nuclear repulsion energy70.362531
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-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' 3807 3637 66.33      
2 A' 3113 2974 40.00      
3 A' 1850 1768 327.91      
4 A' 1431 1368 3.57      
5 A' 1341 1281 11.49      
6 A' 1156 1105 248.95      
7 A' 639 611 46.52      
8 A" 1081 1033 1.07      
9 A" 677 647 141.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7547.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7211.4 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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.60811 0.40378 0.34964

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.415 0.000
O2 -1.029 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.159 0.115 0.000
H4 -0.378 1.442 0.000
H5 -0.658 -1.330 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33871.19711.09381.8650
O21.33872.25741.99200.9640
O31.19712.25742.03032.3207
H41.09381.99202.03032.7859
H51.86500.96402.32072.7859

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 107.054 O2 C1 O3 125.711
O2 C1 H4 109.546 O3 C1 H4 124.742
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.470868
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.833489
Nuclear repulsion energy70.125070
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-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' 3871 3699 66.65      
2 A' 3029 2894 72.19      
3 A' 1893 1809 266.46      
4 A' 1448 1384 0.50      
5 A' 1314 1255 310.27      
6 A' 1141 1090 46.51      
7 A' 670 641 10.29      
8 A" 1060 1013 0.20      
9 A" 516 493 85.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7471.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7138.6 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-pVTZ
ABC
2.92490 0.39074 0.34469

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.383 0.000
O2 -0.897 -0.625 0.000
O3 1.177 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.461 1.381 0.000
H5 -1.782 -0.253 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34901.19181.09891.8924
O21.34902.23032.05190.9606
O31.19182.23032.02162.9933
H41.09892.05192.02162.1006
H51.89240.96062.99332.1006

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 108.885 O2 C1 O3 122.638
O2 C1 H4 113.514 O3 C1 H4 123.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability