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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/Def2TZVPP

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/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.846372
Energy at 298.15K-189.849081
HF Energy-189.846372
Nuclear repulsion energy70.125114
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/Def2TZVPP
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' 3701 3701 50.07 75.44 0.23 0.37
2 A' 3051 3051 46.39 119.61 0.25 0.40
3 A' 1805 1805 345.57 8.55 0.17 0.29
4 A' 1404 1404 2.13 6.79 0.59 0.74
5 A' 1297 1297 10.67 1.15 0.29 0.45
6 A' 1113 1113 245.95 2.27 0.22 0.36
7 A' 618 618 42.58 3.91 0.46 0.63
8 A" 1048 1048 3.11 0.92 0.75 0.86
9 A" 688 688 134.71 0.98 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7361.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7361.9 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/Def2TZVPP
ABC
2.59368 0.40095 0.34726

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.031 -0.445 0.000
O3 1.161 0.115 0.000
H4 -0.385 1.449 0.000
H5 -0.654 -1.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34701.20051.09671.8801
O21.34702.26192.00090.9719
O31.20052.26192.04172.3263
H41.09672.00092.04172.8026
H51.88010.97192.32632.8026

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 107.238 O2 C1 O3 125.121
O2 C1 H4 109.509 O3 C1 H4 125.371
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.255      
2 O -0.251      
3 O -0.287      
4 H 0.057      
5 H 0.226      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.486 -0.336 0.000 1.524
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 3.731 0.087 0.000
y 0.087 3.289 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.987


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.259
(<r2>)1/2 6.104

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.839776
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.839776
Nuclear repulsion energy69.931929
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/Def2TZVPP
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' 3760 3760 45.83 107.40 0.24 0.39
2 A' 2959 2959 84.37 111.31 0.25 0.40
3 A' 1850 1850 282.69 12.02 0.21 0.34
4 A' 1414 1414 0.33 5.65 0.58 0.73
5 A' 1267 1267 300.16 2.98 0.75 0.86
6 A' 1104 1104 51.29 7.97 0.37 0.54
7 A' 651 651 9.16 0.65 0.64 0.78
8 A" 1027 1027 0.02 1.14 0.75 0.86
9 A" 540 540 82.45 1.41 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7286.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7286.1 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/Def2TZVPP
ABC
2.89135 0.38952 0.34328

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.896 -0.627 0.000
O3 1.179 0.197 0.000
H4 -0.467 1.387 0.000
H5 -1.793 -0.266 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35331.19381.10361.9087
O21.35332.23252.05930.9671
O31.19382.23252.03063.0079
H41.10362.05932.03062.1197
H51.90870.96713.00792.1197

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 109.560 O2 C1 O3 122.314
O2 C1 H4 113.513 O3 C1 H4 124.173
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.231      
2 O -0.208      
3 O -0.257      
4 H 0.029      
5 H 0.206      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.572 1.487 0.000 3.869
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 4.267 0.126 0.000
y 0.126 2.937 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.980


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.731
(<r2>)1/2 6.143