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

using model chemistry: CCD/cc-pVDZ

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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.287898
Energy at 298.15K-189.290644
HF Energy-188.781220
Nuclear repulsion energy70.140366
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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
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' 3813 3648 59.79      
2 A' 3113 2978 52.66      
3 A' 1911 1828 331.80      
4 A' 1440 1378 9.01      
5 A' 1358 1300 13.23      
6 A' 1180 1129 246.34      
7 A' 647 619 50.13      
8 A" 1082 1035 0.54      
9 A" 688 658 147.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7615.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7285.7 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.58689 0.40169 0.34770

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 -1.032 -0.443 0.000
O3 1.160 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.386 1.460 0.000
H5 -0.635 -1.330 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34551.20041.10891.8616
O21.34552.26122.00920.9715
O31.20042.26122.05152.3020
H41.10892.00922.05152.8003
H51.86160.97152.30202.8003

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 105.782 O2 C1 O3 125.191
O2 C1 H4 109.513 O3 C1 H4 125.296
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.279697
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.772084
Nuclear repulsion energy69.890708
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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
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' 3880 3712 66.09      
2 A' 3018 2887 91.34      
3 A' 1946 1862 279.03      
4 A' 1455 1392 3.47      
5 A' 1338 1280 325.47      
6 A' 1155 1105 38.60      
7 A' 674 644 11.96      
8 A" 1062 1016 1.13      
9 A" 502 480 89.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7514.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7189.2 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.89133 0.38881 0.34272

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.382 0.000
O2 -0.899 -0.628 0.000
O3 1.180 0.197 0.000
H4 -0.469 1.395 0.000
H5 -1.784 -0.242 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35181.19471.11611.8901
O21.35182.23662.06760.9658
O31.19472.23662.03842.9967
H41.11612.06762.03842.0994
H51.89010.96582.99672.0994

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 108.120 O2 C1 O3 122.758
O2 C1 H4 113.473 O3 C1 H4 123.769
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability