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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31G

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 MP3=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.998616
Energy at 298.15K-189.001303
HF Energy-188.662530
Nuclear repulsion energy68.661289
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 MP3=FULL/6-31G
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' 3683 3683 38.15      
2 A' 3192 3192 29.07      
3 A' 1772 1772 263.59      
4 A' 1444 1444 5.31      
5 A' 1343 1343 9.43      
6 A' 1097 1097 287.54      
7 A' 617 617 55.35      
8 A" 1050 1050 4.54      
9 A" 648 648 243.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7422.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7422.2 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G
ABC
2.49461 0.38297 0.33200

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.437 0.000
O2 -1.048 -0.460 0.000
O3 1.187 0.122 0.000
H4 -0.383 1.459 0.000
H5 -0.733 -1.386 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37921.22851.09151.9648
O21.37922.31002.03060.9785
O31.22852.31002.06242.4418
H41.09152.03062.06242.8664
H51.96480.97852.44182.8664

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 111.759 O2 C1 O3 124.607
O2 C1 H4 109.999 O3 C1 H4 125.394
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.989268
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.651641
Nuclear repulsion energy68.524507
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 MP3=FULL/6-31G
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' 3731 3731 43.08      
2 A' 3074 3074 62.72      
3 A' 1824 1824 202.07      
4 A' 1481 1481 1.52      
5 A' 1254 1254 297.45      
6 A' 1106 1106 97.07      
7 A' 648 648 11.28      
8 A" 1026 1026 0.21      
9 A" 457 457 159.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7300.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7300.1 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G
ABC
2.79256 0.37280 0.32890

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.403 0.000
O2 -0.918 -0.634 0.000
O3 1.204 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.441 1.411 0.000
H5 -1.843 -0.327 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38491.22161.10031.9819
O21.38492.27872.09980.9738
O31.22162.27872.04493.0911
H41.10032.09982.04492.2330
H51.98190.97383.09112.2330

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 113.184 O2 C1 O3 121.786
O2 C1 H4 114.846 O3 C1 H4 123.368
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability