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

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

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 MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-186.381022
Energy at 298.15K-186.383564
HF Energy-186.212520
Nuclear repulsion energy67.342496
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/STO-3G
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' 3856 3362 23.91 44.20 0.28 0.44
2 A' 3366 2935 14.14 45.48 0.35 0.52
3 A' 1840 1604 81.98 2.44 0.32 0.48
4 A' 1534 1338 0.41 12.10 0.73 0.85
5 A' 1452 1266 11.16 4.30 0.30 0.46
6 A' 1153 1005 93.96 0.69 0.15 0.27
7 A' 572 499 29.10 3.04 0.61 0.76
8 A" 992 865 4.46 0.37 0.75 0.86
9 A" 645 562 74.60 4.36 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7705.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6718.1 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/STO-3G
ABC
2.35350 0.37211 0.32131

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.450 0.000
O2 -1.081 -0.456 0.000
O3 1.206 0.101 0.000
H4 -0.401 1.496 0.000
H5 -0.600 -1.354 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.41031.25551.11981.9015
O21.41032.35342.06681.0188
O31.25552.35342.12772.3192
H41.11982.06682.12772.8570
H51.90151.01882.31922.8570

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 101.827 O2 C1 O3 123.867
O2 C1 H4 109.011 O3 C1 H4 127.122
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-186.372834
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-186.205618
Nuclear repulsion energy66.970054
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/STO-3G
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' 3899 3399 19.08 55.18 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3267 2849 33.98 36.37 0.36 0.53
3 A' 1860 1621 62.46 0.73 0.59 0.74
4 A' 1494 1303 13.50 8.15 0.67 0.80
5 A' 1458 1271 102.15 12.50 0.61 0.76
6 A' 1169 1019 51.26 3.67 0.28 0.44
7 A' 605 528 8.60 0.76 0.68 0.81
8 A" 937 817 0.10 0.99 0.75 0.86
9 A" 436 380 49.78 4.74 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7562.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6593.4 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
2.58900 0.35943 0.31561

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.409 0.000
O2 -0.944 -0.650 0.000
O3 1.232 0.185 0.000
H4 -0.473 1.432 0.000
H5 -1.834 -0.164 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.41871.25241.12691.9214
O21.41872.33092.13441.0146
O31.25242.33092.11253.0860
H41.12692.13442.11252.0967
H51.92141.01463.08602.0967

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 103.038 O2 C1 O3 121.408
O2 C1 H4 113.457 O3 C1 H4 125.135
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability