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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.700013
Energy at 298.15K-188.702703
HF Energy-188.700013
Nuclear repulsion energy68.564133
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/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' 3438 3330 10.45 99.42 0.33 0.49
2 A' 3091 2994 51.82 111.26 0.29 0.45
3 A' 1736 1682 207.09 3.44 0.22 0.36
4 A' 1418 1374 1.35 12.90 0.69 0.82
5 A' 1317 1276 7.58 1.29 0.44 0.61
6 A' 1046 1014 214.08 3.02 0.17 0.30
7 A' 593 574 48.52 5.23 0.64 0.78
8 A" 1062 1029 9.95 1.71 0.75 0.86
9 A" 692 671 176.27 4.56 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7196.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9688) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6971.8 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 TPSSh/3-21G
ABC
2.50343 0.38197 0.33140

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.435 0.000
O2 -1.051 -0.463 0.000
O3 1.188 0.131 0.000
H4 -0.424 1.442 0.000
H5 -0.673 -1.392 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38261.22621.09231.9469
O21.38262.31612.00581.0025
O31.22622.31612.07772.4041
H41.09232.00582.07772.8447
H51.94691.00252.40412.8447

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 108.380 O2 C1 O3 125.086
O2 C1 H4 107.704 O3 C1 H4 127.210
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.395      
2 O -0.532      
3 O -0.455      
4 H 0.224      
5 H 0.368      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.165 -0.522 0.000 1.277
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 2.812 0.107 0.000
y 0.107 2.664 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.888


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.351
(<r2>)1/2 6.193

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-188.689527
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.689527
Nuclear repulsion energy68.431447
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/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' 3467 3359 10.55 129.73 0.31 0.47
2 A' 2955 2863 104.03 88.75 0.32 0.48
3 A' 1798 1742 167.70 5.22 0.16 0.27
4 A' 1447 1402 0.26 11.42 0.69 0.82
5 A' 1210 1173 234.20 9.63 0.75 0.86
6 A' 1078 1045 86.29 8.65 0.26 0.41
7 A' 630 610 8.60 0.91 0.74 0.85
8 A" 1048 1016 0.00 2.25 0.75 0.86
9 A" 497 481 112.30 4.74 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7065.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9688) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6844.6 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 TPSSh/3-21G
ABC
2.78017 0.37276 0.32869

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.401 0.000
O2 -0.913 -0.643 0.000
O3 1.204 0.204 0.000
H4 -0.477 1.394 0.000
H5 -1.846 -0.289 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.38681.21971.10221.9705
O21.38682.28022.08320.9977
O31.21972.28022.05973.0893
H41.10222.08322.05972.1691
H51.97050.99773.08932.1691

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 110.391 O2 C1 O3 121.915
O2 C1 H4 113.143 O3 C1 H4 124.942
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.424      
2 O -0.531      
3 O -0.432      
4 H 0.172      
5 H 0.369      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.584 1.685 0.000 3.961
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 3.597 0.136 0.000
y 0.136 2.056 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.881


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.725
(<r2>)1/2 6.223