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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.386747
Energy at 298.15K-189.389496
HF Energy-188.808981
Nuclear repulsion energy70.144427
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3771 3571 51.50 64.95 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3137 2971 49.44 106.13 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1840 1743 308.12 8.47 0.26 0.41
4 A' 1438 1362 2.72 10.76 0.56 0.72
5 A' 1338 1267 6.49 0.39 0.66 0.80
6 A' 1165 1103 274.35 2.42 0.15 0.26
7 A' 638 604 49.59 4.54 0.58 0.73
8 A" 1071 1014 3.75 1.42 0.75 0.86
9 A" 727 688 175.10 1.71 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7562.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7162.1 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
2.60676 0.40054 0.34719

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 -1.032 -0.441 0.000
O3 1.163 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.385 1.446 0.000
H5 -0.658 -1.333 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34411.20311.09601.8723
O21.34412.26341.99480.9676
O31.20312.26342.04412.3237
H41.09601.99482.04412.7925
H51.87230.96762.32372.7925

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 107.048 O2 C1 O3 125.298
O2 C1 H4 109.250 O3 C1 H4 125.452
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.377207
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.799125
Nuclear repulsion energy69.916888
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3836 3633 51.78 82.54 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3025 2865 97.67 104.33 0.27 0.43
3 A' 1879 1779 240.17 9.35 0.20 0.33
4 A' 1464 1386 0.66 9.29 0.61 0.76
5 A' 1315 1245 344.17 4.11 0.67 0.80
6 A' 1135 1075 43.01 6.27 0.41 0.58
7 A' 668 633 12.07 1.37 0.64 0.78
8 A" 1049 993 0.28 1.91 0.75 0.86
9 A" 537 509 117.34 1.64 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7452.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7058.7 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
2.91983 0.38803 0.34251

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.383 0.000
O2 -0.900 -0.624 0.000
O3 1.182 0.197 0.000
H4 -0.462 1.386 0.000
H5 -1.791 -0.260 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35081.19621.10461.9027
O21.35082.23762.05790.9624
O31.19622.23762.02903.0072
H41.10462.05792.02902.1158
H51.90270.96243.00722.1158

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 109.533 O2 C1 O3 122.817
O2 C1 H4 113.501 O3 C1 H4 123.683
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability