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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-187.203634
Energy at 298.15K-187.206153
HF Energy-187.203634
Nuclear repulsion energy67.089415
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/STO-3G
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' 3651 3651 20.51 49.69 0.30 0.47
2 A' 3243 3243 11.61 50.46 0.37 0.54
3 A' 1864 1864 87.75 2.63 0.09 0.17
4 A' 1477 1477 0.90 15.85 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1391 1391 7.82 3.42 0.12 0.22
6 A' 1106 1106 83.77 2.20 0.13 0.23
7 A' 546 546 27.10 3.66 0.60 0.75
8 A" 970 970 12.42 0.15 0.75 0.86
9 A" 670 670 65.97 4.71 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7458.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7458.5 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 TPSSh/STO-3G
ABC
2.36143 0.36800 0.31838

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.449 0.000
O2 -1.081 -0.473 0.000
O3 1.208 0.122 0.000
H4 -0.433 1.485 0.000
H5 -0.584 -1.379 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.42111.25191.12281.9190
O21.42112.36592.06251.0335
O31.25192.36592.13352.3380
H41.12282.06252.13352.8679
H51.91901.03352.33802.8679

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 101.684 O2 C1 O3 124.413
O2 C1 H4 107.765 O3 C1 H4 127.822
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.133      
2 O -0.199      
3 O -0.201      
4 H 0.071      
5 H 0.196      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.730 -0.501 0.000 0.885
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 1.984 0.100 0.000
y 0.100 1.899 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.402


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.440
(<r2>)1/2 6.200

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-187.196198
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-187.196198
Nuclear repulsion energy66.779397
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/STO-3G
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' 3674 3674 20.66 60.98 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3136 3136 30.81 37.32 0.40 0.57
3 A' 1895 1895 73.99 1.91 0.18 0.31
4 A' 1445 1445 2.00 8.35 0.66 0.79
5 A' 1386 1386 102.27 12.32 0.62 0.77
6 A' 1126 1126 44.68 7.70 0.22 0.36
7 A' 582 582 5.72 0.75 0.69 0.82
8 A" 914 914 0.51 0.70 0.75 0.86
9 A" 510 510 44.88 5.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7334.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7334.4 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/STO-3G
ABC
2.57629 0.35746 0.31390

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.411 0.000
O2 -0.937 -0.667 0.000
O3 1.231 0.204 0.000
H4 -0.500 1.424 0.000
H5 -1.847 -0.183 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.42861.24811.12991.9406
O21.42862.33622.13671.0307
O31.24812.33622.11793.1022
H41.12992.13672.11792.0975
H51.94061.03073.10222.0975

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 103.003 O2 C1 O3 121.428
O2 C1 H4 112.737 O3 C1 H4 125.835
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.138      
2 O -0.198      
3 O -0.184      
4 H 0.052      
5 H 0.192      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.493 1.165 0.000 2.752
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 2.752 0.132 0.000
y 0.132 1.260 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.396


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 39.131
(<r2>)1/2 6.255