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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)

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 TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.774586
Energy at 298.15K-189.777304
HF Energy-189.774586
Nuclear repulsion energy70.063854
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 TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3697 3567 40.27 70.53 0.27 0.43
2 A' 3051 2944 52.24 102.34 0.29 0.44
3 A' 1830 1766 296.82 6.42 0.16 0.28
4 A' 1413 1364 2.74 8.57 0.64 0.78
5 A' 1312 1266 10.24 1.31 0.24 0.38
6 A' 1122 1083 218.09 2.17 0.18 0.30
7 A' 615 594 45.05 3.82 0.50 0.67
8 A" 1056 1019 1.68 1.86 0.75 0.86
9 A" 703 678 126.45 1.53 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7398.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7140.0 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 TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.59352 0.40014 0.34665

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.421 0.000
O2 -1.033 -0.444 0.000
O3 1.162 0.113 0.000
H4 -0.391 1.449 0.000
H5 -0.641 -1.334 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34761.20251.09931.8690
O21.34762.26531.99820.9732
O31.20252.26532.04882.3125
H41.09931.99822.04882.7941
H51.86900.97322.31252.7941

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 106.157 O2 C1 O3 125.222
O2 C1 H4 109.074 O3 C1 H4 125.704
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.210      
2 O -0.356      
3 O -0.311      
4 H 0.137      
5 H 0.320      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.395 -0.390 0.000 1.449
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.249 0.092 0.000
y 0.092 3.079 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.690


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.984
(<r2>)1/2 6.081

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.767533
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.767533
Nuclear repulsion energy69.867702
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 TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3755 3624 37.84 95.96 0.28 0.44
2 A' 2956 2852 89.39 90.15 0.29 0.45
3 A' 1875 1809 246.27 8.28 0.17 0.29
4 A' 1429 1379 0.55 7.38 0.61 0.76
5 A' 1278 1233 288.78 2.94 0.75 0.86
6 A' 1120 1081 35.85 8.57 0.34 0.50
7 A' 650 627 7.94 0.55 0.65 0.79
8 A" 1038 1002 0.21 2.20 0.75 0.86
9 A" 543 524 79.19 2.09 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7321.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7065.3 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 TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.88318 0.38899 0.34275

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.898 -0.626 0.000
O3 1.181 0.195 0.000
H4 -0.470 1.388 0.000
H5 -1.792 -0.256 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35301.19611.10671.9040
O21.35302.23462.05880.9681
O31.19612.23462.03723.0070
H41.10672.05882.03722.1095
H51.90400.96813.00702.1095

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 109.099 O2 C1 O3 122.350
O2 C1 H4 113.272 O3 C1 H4 124.378
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.205      
2 O -0.356      
3 O -0.275      
4 H 0.103      
5 H 0.323      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.438 1.368 0.000 3.701
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.849 0.113 0.000
y 0.113 2.644 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.688


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.474
(<r2>)1/2 6.122