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

using model chemistry: MP2=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)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.251873
Energy at 298.15K-189.254603
HF Energy-188.758646
Nuclear repulsion energy69.739823
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 MP2=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' 3688 3474 66.54 63.18 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3165 2982 45.37 96.37 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1844 1737 276.63 8.62 0.24 0.39
4 A' 1443 1360 2.37 10.65 0.58 0.73
5 A' 1339 1262 12.12 0.74 0.42 0.59
6 A' 1157 1090 258.75 2.78 0.17 0.28
7 A' 627 591 50.48 4.23 0.60 0.75
8 A" 1070 1008 2.09 2.28 0.75 0.86
9 A" 713 672 167.96 1.78 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7522.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7087.5 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.57251 0.39653 0.34357

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.041 -0.437 0.000
O3 1.170 0.105 0.000
H4 -0.379 1.452 0.000
H5 -0.651 -1.336 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35041.21241.09611.8757
O21.35042.27602.00150.9800
O31.21242.27602.05272.3214
H41.09612.00152.05272.8010
H51.87570.98002.32142.8010

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 106.108 O2 C1 O3 125.180
O2 C1 H4 109.351 O3 C1 H4 125.468
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.242477
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.748937
Nuclear repulsion energy69.512445
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 MP2=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' 3751 3534 65.93      
2 A' 3058 2882 87.27      
3 A' 1881 1772 218.11      
4 A' 1469 1384 0.44      
5 A' 1310 1234 335.55      
6 A' 1147 1081 37.95      
7 A' 657 619 10.81      
8 A" 1051 990 0.71      
9 A" 531 500 107.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7427.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6997.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.87280 0.38451 0.33912

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.907 -0.622 0.000
O3 1.190 0.188 0.000
H4 -0.455 1.392 0.000
H5 -1.805 -0.243 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35641.20611.10391.9116
O21.35642.24782.06410.9744
O31.20612.24782.03863.0254
H41.10392.06412.03862.1202
H51.91160.97443.02542.1202

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 109.101 O2 C1 O3 122.502
O2 C1 H4 113.665 O3 C1 H4 123.833
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability