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

using model chemistry: CCSD=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 CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.517558
Energy at 298.15K-189.520305
HF Energy-188.842195
Nuclear repulsion energy70.641515
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=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' 3832 3633 68.82      
2 A' 3133 2970 38.54      
3 A' 1879 1782 339.01      
4 A' 1450 1374 4.33      
5 A' 1350 1280 14.19      
6 A' 1170 1109 251.64      
7 A' 647 614 48.09      
8 A" 1102 1045 0.90      
9 A" 682 647 143.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7622.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9481) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7226.8 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=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.63030 0.40696 0.35243

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.415 0.000
O2 -1.025 -0.439 0.000
O3 1.154 0.114 0.000
H4 -0.374 1.436 0.000
H5 -0.656 -1.327 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33401.19271.08811.8607
O21.33402.24871.98470.9622
O31.19272.24872.02112.3133
H41.08811.98472.02112.7773
H51.86070.96222.31332.7773

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 107.148 O2 C1 O3 125.647
O2 C1 H4 109.635 O3 C1 H4 124.718
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.510427
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.834242
Nuclear repulsion energy70.396777
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=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' 3897 3695 72.25      
2 A' 3056 2897 69.16      
3 A' 1922 1822 278.74      
4 A' 1470 1394 0.76      
5 A' 1323 1254 322.62      
6 A' 1155 1095 42.22      
7 A' 681 645 10.41      
8 A" 1081 1025 0.18      
9 A" 522 495 86.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7553.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9481) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7161.5 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=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.95834 0.39343 0.34725

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.381 0.000
O2 -0.893 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.173 0.197 0.000
H4 -0.458 1.373 0.000
H5 -1.778 -0.255 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34351.18701.09291.8889
O21.34352.22242.04270.9585
O31.18702.22242.01072.9856
H41.09292.04272.01072.0967
H51.88890.95852.98562.0967

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 109.142 O2 C1 O3 122.746
O2 C1 H4 113.555 O3 C1 H4 123.699
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability