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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.511452
Energy at 298.15K-189.514207
HF Energy-188.842707
Nuclear repulsion energy70.862415
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 MP3=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' 3880 3619 74.45      
2 A' 3154 2941 37.01      
3 A' 1919 1789 359.55      
4 A' 1462 1364 6.18      
5 A' 1360 1269 16.78      
6 A' 1186 1106 258.10      
7 A' 655 611 50.46      
8 A" 1113 1038 0.81      
9 A" 682 636 146.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7705.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7186.4 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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.64229 0.40972 0.35472

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.418 0.000
O2 -1.021 -0.439 0.000
O3 1.148 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.370 1.439 0.000
H5 -0.646 -1.323 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33291.18861.08601.8574
O21.33292.23781.98770.9607
O31.18862.23782.01712.2971
H41.08601.98772.01712.7763
H51.85740.96072.29712.7763

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 107.037 O2 C1 O3 125.021
O2 C1 H4 110.101 O3 C1 H4 124.879
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.504448
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.834736
Nuclear repulsion energy70.623010
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 MP3=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' 3947 3681 81.68      
2 A' 3075 2868 66.29      
3 A' 1960 1828 298.79      
4 A' 1484 1384 1.31      
5 A' 1335 1245 339.74      
6 A' 1171 1092 38.00      
7 A' 690 643 10.51      
8 A" 1092 1019 0.18      
9 A" 521 486 88.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7637.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7122.9 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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.97206 0.39618 0.34958

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.380 0.000
O2 -0.890 -0.621 0.000
O3 1.168 0.197 0.000
H4 -0.456 1.372 0.000
H5 -1.773 -0.258 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33931.18261.09181.8845
O21.33932.21442.03960.9556
O31.18262.21442.00522.9764
H41.09182.03962.00522.0951
H51.88450.95562.97642.0951

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 109.258 O2 C1 O3 122.702
O2 C1 H4 113.669 O3 C1 H4 123.629
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability