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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/6-311G*

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(T)/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.358563
Energy at 298.15K-189.361299
HF Energy-188.808508
Nuclear repulsion energy70.004780
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(T)/6-311G*
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' 3739 3600        
2 A' 3077 2962        
3 A' 1831 1763        
4 A' 1424 1371        
5 A' 1339 1290        
6 A' 1151 1108        
7 A' 633 609        
8 A" 1052 1012        
9 A" 714 688        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7479.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9628) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7201.6 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(T)/6-311G*
ABC
2.58695 0.39933 0.34593

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.034 -0.444 0.000
O3 1.164 0.113 0.000
H4 -0.385 1.453 0.000
H5 -0.654 -1.336 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34861.20421.10061.8756
O21.34862.26692.00470.9688
O31.20422.26692.04852.3245
H41.10062.00472.04852.8015
H51.87560.96882.32452.8015

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 106.915 O2 C1 O3 125.149
O2 C1 H4 109.458 O3 C1 H4 125.393
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.349255
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.798590
Nuclear repulsion energy69.767187
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(T)/6-311G*
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' 3796 3655        
2 A' 2966 2855        
3 A' 1873 1804        
4 A' 1446 1392        
5 A' 1319 1270        
6 A' 1122 1080        
7 A' 662 637        
8 A" 1031 993        
9 A" 525 506        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7369.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9628) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7095.6 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(T)/6-311G*
ABC
2.89635 0.38668 0.34114

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.385 0.000
O2 -0.901 -0.629 0.000
O3 1.183 0.199 0.000
H4 -0.464 1.392 0.000
H5 -1.792 -0.263 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35561.19721.10931.9059
O21.35562.24162.06710.9639
O31.19722.24162.03393.0108
H41.10932.06712.03392.1220
H51.90590.96393.01082.1220

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 109.347 O2 C1 O3 122.707
O2 C1 H4 113.615 O3 C1 H4 123.678
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability