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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

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)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.626888
Energy at 298.15K-188.629595
HF Energy-188.626888
Nuclear repulsion energy68.973662
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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 1077 1033 7.10      
2 ?a 1076 1032 225.86      
3 A' 3498 3356 16.30      
4 A' 3102 2976 49.83      
5 A' 1775 1703 219.55      
6 A' 1425 1367 1.53      
7 A' 1333 1279 9.31      
8 A' 611 586 52.12      
9 A" 697 668 189.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7296.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7000.4 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
2.52796 0.38699 0.33562

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.431 0.000
O2 -1.044 -0.457 0.000
O3 1.181 0.127 0.000
H4 -0.416 1.442 0.000
H5 -0.681 -1.386 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37091.21981.09311.9407
O21.37092.30052.00050.9970
O31.21982.30052.06912.3993
H41.09312.00052.06912.8404
H51.94070.99702.39932.8404

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 109.067 O2 C1 O3 125.141
O2 C1 H4 108.036 O3 C1 H4 126.823
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.401      
2 O -0.546      
3 O -0.458      
4 H 0.227      
5 H 0.377      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.198 -0.556 0.000 1.320
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.097 -0.071 0.000
y -0.071 -12.162 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.524
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.754 -0.071 0.000
y -0.071 7.149 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.606
Polar
3z2-r21.211
x2-y2-9.935
xy-0.071
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.762 0.094 0.000
y 0.094 2.595 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.881


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.007
(<r2>)1/2 6.165

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.616509
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.616509
Nuclear repulsion energy68.835788
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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' 3537 3393 19.80      
2 A' 2965 2844 100.35      
3 A' 1838 1764 182.92      
4 A' 1460 1401 0.22      
5 A' 1215 1166 264.42      
6 A' 1110 1065 73.91      
7 A' 649 623 8.96      
8 A" 1066 1023 0.08      
9 A" 495 475 121.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7167.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6876.2 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
2.82930 0.37674 0.33247

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.395 0.000
O2 -0.909 -0.637 0.000
O3 1.198 0.203 0.000
H4 -0.474 1.391 0.000
H5 -1.839 -0.294 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37491.21321.10321.9641
O21.37492.26762.07400.9915
O31.21322.26762.05133.0774
H41.10322.07402.05132.1690
H51.96410.99153.07742.1690

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 111.162 O2 C1 O3 122.244
O2 C1 H4 113.182 O3 C1 H4 124.574
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.430      
2 O -0.546      
3 O -0.435      
4 H 0.173      
5 H 0.379      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.672 1.697 0.000 4.045
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.972 -1.204 0.000
y -1.204 -17.339 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.522
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.959 -1.204 0.000
y -1.204 -1.592 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.367
Polar
3z2-r2-0.734
x2-y22.367
xy-1.204
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.506 0.122 0.000
y 0.122 2.005 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.874


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.389
(<r2>)1/2 6.196