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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.538849
Energy at 298.15K-189.541574
HF Energy-188.840223
Nuclear repulsion energy70.359787
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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3783 3566 81.52 61.93 0.16 0.27
2 A' 3138 2958 32.27 106.75 0.25 0.40
3 A' 1816 1712 339.02 16.77 0.14 0.24
4 A' 1420 1339 1.39 5.70 0.49 0.66
5 A' 1308 1233 19.30 2.02 0.20 0.33
6 A' 1142 1077 261.79 2.79 0.15 0.26
7 A' 630 594 43.06 3.22 0.34 0.51
8 A" 1066 1005 3.03 0.89 0.75 0.86
9 A" 686 646 139.06 0.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7494.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9427) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7064.6 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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
2.61430 0.40358 0.34961

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 -1.030 -0.437 0.000
O3 1.158 0.107 0.000
H4 -0.373 1.445 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.328 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33971.19991.09161.8654
O21.33972.25521.99340.9675
O31.19992.25522.03422.3109
H41.09161.99342.03422.7872
H51.86540.96752.31092.7872

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 106.794 O2 C1 O3 125.164
O2 C1 H4 109.733 O3 C1 H4 125.103
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.532023
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.832646
Nuclear repulsion energy70.140958
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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3852 3632 84.89 86.02 0.19 0.32
2 A' 3050 2875 62.41 106.22 0.24 0.38
3 A' 1854 1748 279.83 17.68 0.17 0.29
4 A' 1433 1351 0.02 5.30 0.46 0.63
5 A' 1280 1207 326.89 1.38 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1127 1062 38.56 8.50 0.28 0.44
7 A' 662 624 10.66 0.93 0.41 0.58
8 A" 1044 984 0.05 1.14 0.75 0.86
9 A" 540 509 87.82 0.39 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7421.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9427) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6995.8 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 MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
2.91947 0.39147 0.34519

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.384 0.000
O2 -0.897 -0.620 0.000
O3 1.178 0.191 0.000
H4 -0.459 1.382 0.000
H5 -1.787 -0.253 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34631.19341.09821.8966
O21.34632.22752.04900.9623
O31.19342.22752.02402.9972
H41.09822.04902.02402.1056
H51.89660.96232.99722.1056

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 109.348 O2 C1 O3 122.470
O2 C1 H4 113.516 O3 C1 H4 124.014
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability