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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*

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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.664526
Energy at 298.15K-189.667268
HF Energy-189.475187
Nuclear repulsion energy70.201652
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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
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' 3740 3740 38.83 74.99 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3105 3105 54.81 113.02 0.29 0.44
3 A' 1831 1831 331.47 6.15 0.24 0.38
4 A' 1429 1429 3.61 10.26 0.60 0.75
5 A' 1329 1329 4.13 0.38 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1149 1149 262.96 2.44 0.18 0.31
7 A' 634 634 49.51 4.71 0.58 0.73
8 A" 1061 1061 2.50 1.45 0.75 0.86
9 A" 724 724 170.91 2.06 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7500.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7500.5 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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
2.60550 0.40145 0.34785

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.421 0.000
O2 -1.030 -0.444 0.000
O3 1.160 0.115 0.000
H4 -0.388 1.445 0.000
H5 -0.658 -1.338 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34461.20011.09561.8777
O21.34462.26041.99540.9686
O31.20012.26042.04152.3273
H41.09561.99542.04152.7966
H51.87770.96862.32732.7966

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 107.417 O2 C1 O3 125.215
O2 C1 H4 109.288 O3 C1 H4 125.497
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.655327
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.465892
Nuclear repulsion energy69.973531
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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
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' 3800 3800 35.09 97.83 0.30 0.47
2 A' 2994 2994 105.93 106.84 0.28 0.44
3 A' 1876 1876 261.74 8.95 0.20 0.34
4 A' 1453 1453 1.07 8.39 0.63 0.78
5 A' 1304 1304 332.96 4.29 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1119 1119 48.09 7.25 0.43 0.60
7 A' 666 666 11.13 1.07 0.68 0.81
8 A" 1042 1042 0.59 1.97 0.75 0.86
9 A" 539 539 111.23 2.13 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7396.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7396.3 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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
2.92483 0.38865 0.34307

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.383 0.000
O2 -0.897 -0.628 0.000
O3 1.179 0.201 0.000
H4 -0.466 1.384 0.000
H5 -1.792 -0.272 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35151.19311.10391.9085
O21.35152.23522.05740.9635
O31.19312.23522.02633.0088
H41.10392.05742.02632.1218
H51.90850.96353.00882.1218

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 109.918 O2 C1 O3 122.782
O2 C1 H4 113.453 O3 C1 H4 123.766
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability