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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.532521
Energy at 298.15K-189.535270
HF Energy-188.845931
Nuclear repulsion energy70.839945
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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3868 3868 77.71      
2 A' 3144 3144 30.41      
3 A' 1903 1903 389.21      
4 A' 1447 1447 4.72      
5 A' 1351 1351 16.37      
6 A' 1184 1184 269.92      
7 A' 654 654 48.37      
8 A" 1106 1106 1.34      
9 A" 674 674 144.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7665.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7665.5 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.64349 0.40930 0.35442

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.418 0.000
O2 -1.021 -0.439 0.000
O3 1.149 0.112 0.000
H4 -0.372 1.439 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.326 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33261.18901.08701.8619
O21.33262.23861.98710.9607
O31.18902.23862.01852.3049
H41.08701.98712.01852.7795
H51.86190.96072.30492.7795

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 107.453 O2 C1 O3 125.085
O2 C1 H4 110.006 O3 C1 H4 124.909
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.525726
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.838326
Nuclear repulsion energy70.603429
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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3932 3932 85.66      
2 A' 3071 3071 54.50      
3 A' 1942 1942 325.44      
4 A' 1458 1458 1.10      
5 A' 1327 1327 343.56      
6 A' 1161 1161 42.78      
7 A' 681 681 10.18      
8 A" 1079 1079 0.00      
9 A" 516 516 87.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7583.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7583.0 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
2.96414 0.39626 0.34953

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.381 0.000
O2 -0.889 -0.621 0.000
O3 1.168 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.456 1.374 0.000
H5 -1.776 -0.264 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.33981.18291.09241.8896
O21.33982.21372.04120.9559
O31.18292.21372.00652.9799
H41.09242.04122.00652.1035
H51.88960.95592.97992.1035

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 109.661 O2 C1 O3 122.567
O2 C1 H4 113.738 O3 C1 H4 123.695
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability