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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.357223
Energy at 298.15K-189.359918
HF Energy-188.794529
Nuclear repulsion energy69.397345
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3718 3635        
2 A' 3095 3026        
3 A' 1771 1732        
4 A' 1387 1357        
5 A' 1299 1270        
6 A' 1106 1081        
7 A' 615 601        
8 A" 1032 1010        
9 A" 660 645        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7341.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9778) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7178.1 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.54186 0.39230 0.33985

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.427 0.000
O2 -1.044 -0.448 0.000
O3 1.174 0.112 0.000
H4 -0.382 1.465 0.000
H5 -0.655 -1.342 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36211.21521.10631.8858
O21.36212.28752.02410.9749
O31.21522.28752.06192.3360
H41.10632.02412.06192.8198
H51.88580.97492.33602.8198

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 106.413 O2 C1 O3 125.042
O2 C1 H4 109.731 O3 C1 H4 125.227
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.350529
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.786798
Nuclear repulsion energy69.188439
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3775 3691        
2 A' 3010 2943        
3 A' 1810 1770        
4 A' 1395 1364        
5 A' 1283 1254        
6 A' 1085 1061        
7 A' 638 624        
8 A" 1008 986        
9 A" 510 498        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7257.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9778) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7095.9 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.81866 0.38132 0.33588

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.392 0.000
O2 -0.909 -0.632 0.000
O3 1.192 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.463 1.404 0.000
H5 -1.802 -0.254 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36931.20851.11261.9146
O21.36932.25782.08380.9701
O31.20852.25782.05023.0279
H41.11262.08382.05022.1307
H51.91460.97013.02792.1307

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 108.649 O2 C1 O3 122.178
O2 C1 H4 113.793 O3 C1 H4 124.030
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability