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

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.285906
Energy at 298.15K-189.288683
HF Energy-188.811038
Nuclear repulsion energy70.797189
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 CISD/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' 3918 3625 54.69      
2 A' 3191 2953 48.81      
3 A' 1935 1791 392.95      
4 A' 1479 1368 8.50      
5 A' 1385 1282 8.88      
6 A' 1217 1126 285.82      
7 A' 664 614 57.93      
8 A" 1116 1033 0.36      
9 A" 724 670 191.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7814.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9253) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7230.7 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 CISD/6-311G*
ABC
2.63552 0.40894 0.35401

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.418 0.000
O2 -1.020 -0.440 0.000
O3 1.150 0.112 0.000
H4 -0.377 1.443 0.000
H5 -0.660 -1.328 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33301.18971.09201.8666
O21.33302.23911.98970.9580
O31.18972.23912.02522.3132
H41.09201.98972.02522.7852
H51.86660.95802.31322.7852

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 108.014 O2 C1 O3 125.043
O2 C1 H4 109.867 O3 C1 H4 125.090
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.276316
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.801095
Nuclear repulsion energy70.540124
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 CISD/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' 3978 3681 56.84      
2 A' 3092 2861 90.67      
3 A' 1979 1831 318.19      
4 A' 1508 1395 3.59      
5 A' 1368 1266 380.07      
6 A' 1176 1088 40.26      
7 A' 695 643 12.33      
8 A" 1098 1016 1.91      
9 A" 526 487 121.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7709.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9253) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7133.3 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 CISD/6-311G*
ABC
2.98164 0.39451 0.34841

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.379 0.000
O2 -0.890 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.169 0.202 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.378 0.000
H5 -1.778 -0.279 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34021.18281.09961.8963
O21.34022.21832.04640.9531
O31.18282.21832.00972.9869
H41.09962.04642.00972.1170
H51.89630.95312.98692.1170

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 110.420 O2 C1 O3 122.974
O2 C1 H4 113.656 O3 C1 H4 123.370
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability