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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G

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 MP2/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.007716
Energy at 298.15K-189.010391
HF Energy-188.659542
Nuclear repulsion energy68.005935
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 MP2/6-31G
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' 3588 3433 40.33 84.26 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3195 3057 34.88 107.32 0.27 0.42
3 A' 1670 1597 210.09 7.39 0.28 0.44
4 A' 1428 1366 3.65 13.73 0.56 0.72
5 A' 1304 1248 7.82 1.30 0.75 0.86
6 A' 1052 1006 289.32 3.85 0.15 0.26
7 A' 598 572 44.07 6.25 0.64 0.78
8 A" 1042 997 9.27 1.73 0.75 0.86
9 A" 668 639 224.36 3.37 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7272.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9568) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6958.4 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 MP2/6-31G
ABC
2.47539 0.37420 0.32506

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.439 0.000
O2 -1.062 -0.460 0.000
O3 1.203 0.122 0.000
H4 -0.393 1.457 0.000
H5 -0.735 -1.390 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.39131.24391.09101.9716
O21.39132.33792.03030.9858
O31.24392.33792.08062.4580
H41.09102.03032.08062.8677
H51.97160.98582.45802.8677

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 110.926 O2 C1 O3 124.954
O2 C1 H4 109.157 O3 C1 H4 125.890
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.997667
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.648779
Nuclear repulsion energy67.890335
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 MP2/6-31G
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' 3643 3485 43.03 116.83 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3067 2934 77.13 99.24 0.28 0.43
3 A' 1717 1643 157.61 5.89 0.14 0.24
4 A' 1457 1394 0.97 13.79 0.60 0.75
5 A' 1215 1163 269.30 8.04 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1065 1019 111.97 7.24 0.28 0.44
7 A' 629 602 13.15 2.34 0.67 0.80
8 A" 1015 971 0.02 2.21 0.75 0.86
9 A" 488 467 150.71 3.22 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7147.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9568) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6838.7 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 MP2/6-31G
ABC
2.75453 0.36532 0.32254

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.406 0.000
O2 -0.930 -0.636 0.000
O3 1.218 0.194 0.000
H4 -0.449 1.411 0.000
H5 -1.856 -0.312 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.39661.23671.10051.9900
O21.39662.30312.10250.9805
O31.23672.30312.06413.1156
H41.10052.10252.06412.2248
H51.99000.98053.11562.2248

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 112.509 O2 C1 O3 121.883
O2 C1 H4 114.177 O3 C1 H4 123.940
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability