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

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.336765
Energy at 298.15K-189.339480
HF Energy-188.795958
Nuclear repulsion energy69.736695
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 CCSD/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' 3771 3633 62.95      
2 A' 3123 3008 33.20      
3 A' 1819 1752 359.52      
4 A' 1409 1357 3.36      
5 A' 1323 1275 7.07      
6 A' 1138 1096 262.87      
7 A' 629 606 42.88      
8 A" 1059 1020 1.91      
9 A" 662 638 139.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7465.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9634) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7192.2 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.56231 0.39646 0.34334

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.425 0.000
O2 -1.038 -0.446 0.000
O3 1.168 0.112 0.000
H4 -0.378 1.462 0.000
H5 -0.656 -1.339 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35461.20871.10421.8813
O21.35462.27512.01850.9715
O31.20872.27512.05242.3301
H41.10422.01852.05242.8143
H51.88130.97152.33012.8143

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 106.792 O2 C1 O3 125.040
O2 C1 H4 109.934 O3 C1 H4 125.025
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.329997
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.788209
Nuclear repulsion energy69.520357
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 CCSD/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' 3829 3688 64.03      
2 A' 3043 2932 59.71      
3 A' 1858 1790 292.39      
4 A' 1419 1367 0.50      
5 A' 1306 1258 298.48      
6 A' 1114 1073 65.19      
7 A' 654 630 10.03      
8 A" 1035 997 0.02      
9 A" 506 487 84.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7381.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9634) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7110.8 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.84939 0.38497 0.33915

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.390 0.000
O2 -0.904 -0.629 0.000
O3 1.186 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.461 1.400 0.000
H5 -1.798 -0.260 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36181.20221.11011.9112
O21.36182.24652.07640.9668
O31.20222.24652.04093.0181
H41.11012.07642.04092.1309
H51.91120.96683.01812.1309

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 109.144 O2 C1 O3 122.242
O2 C1 H4 113.892 O3 C1 H4 123.867
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability