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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.198846
Energy at 298.15K-189.201606
HF Energy-188.761188
Nuclear repulsion energy70.447455
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 CID/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' 3836 3543 74.45      
2 A' 3222 2977 44.11      
3 A' 1949 1800 360.53      
4 A' 1485 1372 8.57      
5 A' 1388 1282 15.96      
6 A' 1215 1122 272.18      
7 A' 656 606 58.91      
8 A" 1116 1030 0.05      
9 A" 708 654 183.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7787.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7193.0 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
2.60464 0.40556 0.35092

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.421 0.000
O2 -1.027 -0.436 0.000
O3 1.156 0.106 0.000
H4 -0.370 1.448 0.000
H5 -0.654 -1.331 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33801.19761.09171.8702
O21.33802.24941.99580.9695
O31.19762.24942.03152.3112
H41.09171.99582.03152.7938
H51.87020.96952.31122.7938

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 107.201 O2 C1 O3 124.932
O2 C1 H4 110.038 O3 C1 H4 125.030
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.189434
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.751409
Nuclear repulsion energy70.199402
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 CID/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' 3897 3600 77.98      
2 A' 3126 2888 80.51      
3 A' 1991 1839 296.00      
4 A' 1515 1399 3.27      
5 A' 1364 1260 377.10      
6 A' 1192 1101 32.17      
7 A' 686 634 11.21      
8 A" 1100 1017 2.51      
9 A" 518 478 112.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7694.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7107.4 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
2.93731 0.39178 0.34568

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.382 0.000
O2 -0.896 -0.620 0.000
O3 1.176 0.193 0.000
H4 -0.452 1.384 0.000
H5 -1.792 -0.264 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34431.19141.09881.9047
O21.34432.22572.05250.9643
O31.19142.22572.01723.0029
H41.09882.05252.01722.1237
H51.90470.96433.00292.1237

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 110.103 O2 C1 O3 122.637
O2 C1 H4 113.931 O3 C1 H4 123.432
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability