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

using model chemistry: CISD/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.011114
Energy at 298.15K-188.013828
HF Energy-187.698224
Nuclear repulsion energy68.966602
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/3-21G*
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' 3607 3371 22.92      
2 A' 3177 2968 43.76      
3 A' 1806 1688 221.60      
4 A' 1482 1385 3.95      
5 A' 1376 1286 10.43      
6 A' 1100 1027 257.76      
7 A' 630 589 57.27      
8 A" 1105 1033 2.02      
9 A" 664 621 213.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7473.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6983.4 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
2.52507 0.38644 0.33515

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.434 0.000
O2 -1.043 -0.463 0.000
O3 1.180 0.130 0.000
H4 -0.406 1.443 0.000
H5 -0.690 -1.386 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37571.21861.08761.9466
O21.37572.30122.00960.9883
O31.21862.30122.05862.4082
H41.08762.00962.05862.8434
H51.94660.98832.40822.8434

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 109.772 O2 C1 O3 124.897
O2 C1 H4 108.780 O3 C1 H4 126.323
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.000214
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.686693
Nuclear repulsion energy68.795622
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/3-21G*
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' 3648 3408 29.93      
2 A' 3052 2852 83.31      
3 A' 1863 1741 181.07      
4 A' 1520 1421 1.07      
5 A' 1261 1178 280.12      
6 A' 1123 1049 95.82      
7 A' 666 623 11.00      
8 A" 1090 1019 1.67      
9 A" 439 410 135.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7331.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6850.4 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
2.83556 0.37529 0.33143

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.397 0.000
O2 -0.910 -0.641 0.000
O3 1.198 0.208 0.000
H4 -0.466 1.390 0.000
H5 -1.836 -0.312 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38041.21271.09671.9685
O21.38042.27202.07880.9830
O31.21272.27202.04123.0782
H41.09672.07882.04122.1850
H51.96850.98303.07822.1850

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 111.689 O2 C1 O3 122.236
O2 C1 H4 113.617 O3 C1 H4 124.147
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability