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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.242385
Energy at 298.15K-189.245127
HF Energy-188.760278
Nuclear repulsion energy70.142084
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3759 3528 62.07      
2 A' 3171 2976 41.26      
3 A' 1921 1803 329.98      
4 A' 1462 1373 8.02      
5 A' 1370 1286 12.38      
6 A' 1191 1117 266.36      
7 A' 645 605 56.53      
8 A" 1085 1018 0.58      
9 A" 698 655 176.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7650.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7180.6 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
2.58000 0.40220 0.34796

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.032 -0.438 0.000
O3 1.160 0.106 0.000
H4 -0.372 1.454 0.000
H5 -0.649 -1.335 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34471.20261.09591.8740
O21.34472.25922.00460.9750
O31.20262.25922.04022.3131
H41.09592.00462.04022.8027
H51.87400.97502.31312.8027

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 106.691 O2 C1 O3 124.886
O2 C1 H4 110.022 O3 C1 H4 125.092
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.233278
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.750450
Nuclear repulsion energy69.892920
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3816 3581 63.91      
2 A' 3072 2884 76.51      
3 A' 1961 1841 265.77      
4 A' 1491 1399 2.80      
5 A' 1344 1261 354.71      
6 A' 1172 1100 39.41      
7 A' 674 632 10.71      
8 A" 1067 1002 1.20      
9 A" 509 478 109.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7553.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7089.5 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
2.89234 0.38914 0.34299

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.899 -0.623 0.000
O3 1.180 0.192 0.000
H4 -0.452 1.392 0.000
H5 -1.797 -0.257 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35131.19631.10321.9086
O21.35132.23362.06400.9698
O31.19632.23362.02653.0112
H41.10322.06402.02652.1278
H51.90860.96983.01122.1278

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 109.528 O2 C1 O3 122.379
O2 C1 H4 114.089 O3 C1 H4 123.531
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability