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

using model chemistry: CID/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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.006260
Energy at 298.15K-188.008977
HF Energy-187.698549
Nuclear repulsion energy69.074092
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/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' 3625 3373 23.51      
2 A' 3182 2961 43.10      
3 A' 1826 1699 221.96      
4 A' 1487 1384 4.36      
5 A' 1382 1286 11.01      
6 A' 1107 1030 262.83      
7 A' 635 591 57.87      
8 A" 1109 1032 1.91      
9 A" 659 613 215.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7506.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6984.4 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/3-21G*
ABC
2.53109 0.38774 0.33623

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.433 0.000
O2 -1.041 -0.463 0.000
O3 1.178 0.131 0.000
H4 -0.405 1.443 0.000
H5 -0.691 -1.386 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37361.21611.08741.9458
O21.37362.29712.00900.9871
O31.21612.29712.05532.4069
H41.08742.00902.05532.8429
H51.94580.98712.40692.8429

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 109.940 O2 C1 O3 124.892
O2 C1 H4 108.884 O3 C1 H4 126.225
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-187.995508
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.686985
Nuclear repulsion energy68.898077
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/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' 3666 3411 31.75      
2 A' 3059 2847 81.65      
3 A' 1879 1749 180.59      
4 A' 1527 1421 1.18      
5 A' 1266 1178 284.08      
6 A' 1131 1052 96.50      
7 A' 670 624 11.17      
8 A" 1093 1017 1.58      
9 A" 432 402 137.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7361.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6850.2 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
2.84265 0.37648 0.33245

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.397 0.000
O2 -0.908 -0.640 0.000
O3 1.196 0.208 0.000
H4 -0.464 1.390 0.000
H5 -1.834 -0.313 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.37841.21051.09641.9669
O21.37842.26822.07800.9819
O31.21052.26822.03803.0743
H41.09642.07802.03802.1858
H51.96690.98193.07432.1858

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 111.785 O2 C1 O3 122.231
O2 C1 H4 113.720 O3 C1 H4 124.049
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability