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

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G*

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 CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.034165
Energy at 298.15K-188.036857
HF Energy-187.697204
Nuclear repulsion energy68.687298
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/3-21G*
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' 3529 3375 13.11      
2 A' 3113 2978 43.80      
3 A' 1786 1709 188.24      
4 A' 1462 1399 3.56      
5 A' 1367 1307 8.43      
6 A' 1076 1029 251.13      
7 A' 623 596 53.39      
8 A" 1078 1031 3.43      
9 A" 645 617 200.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7339.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7019.8 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
2.50616 0.38325 0.33242

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.435 0.000
O2 -1.048 -0.467 0.000
O3 1.184 0.133 0.000
H4 -0.409 1.449 0.000
H5 -0.683 -1.391 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38251.22241.09281.9496
O21.38252.31122.01880.9937
O31.22242.31122.06672.4098
H41.09282.01882.06672.8525
H51.94960.99372.40982.8525

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 109.165 O2 C1 O3 124.947
O2 C1 H4 108.719 O3 C1 H4 126.334
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.023755
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.685545
Nuclear repulsion energy68.499374
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/3-21G*
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' 3563 3408 18.53      
2 A' 2989 2859 82.45      
3 A' 1834 1754 145.37      
4 A' 1499 1434 0.91      
5 A' 1253 1199 250.41      
6 A' 1100 1052 106.34      
7 A' 656 628 11.26      
8 A" 1060 1014 0.73      
9 A" 419 401 130.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7186.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6874.3 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
2.79351 0.37272 0.32885

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.400 0.000
O2 -0.913 -0.645 0.000
O3 1.202 0.207 0.000
H4 -0.466 1.399 0.000
H5 -1.841 -0.302 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38781.21731.10201.9702
O21.38782.28042.09170.9887
O31.21732.28042.04993.0850
H41.10202.09172.04992.1867
H51.97020.98873.08502.1867

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 110.882 O2 C1 O3 122.038
O2 C1 H4 113.809 O3 C1 H4 124.152
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability