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

using model chemistry: B97D3/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 B97D3/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.742475
Energy at 298.15K-189.745166
HF Energy-189.742475
Nuclear repulsion energy69.850726
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 B97D3/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' 3646 3596 39.02 84.59 0.23 0.37
2 A' 2980 2939 56.29 129.12 0.26 0.41
3 A' 1770 1746 325.28 8.62 0.16 0.27
4 A' 1375 1356 1.43 7.50 0.62 0.77
5 A' 1273 1255 5.17 0.89 0.29 0.45
6 A' 1079 1064 241.87 2.27 0.29 0.45
7 A' 613 605 36.91 4.33 0.46 0.63
8 A" 1019 1005 3.22 1.07 0.75 0.86
9 A" 680 671 128.43 1.12 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7216.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7117.8 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 B97D3/Def2TZVPP
ABC
2.59135 0.39670 0.34403

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 -1.035 -0.452 0.000
O3 1.166 0.123 0.000
H4 -0.396 1.450 0.000
H5 -0.652 -1.347 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35401.20331.10241.8846
O21.35402.27392.00660.9735
O31.20332.27392.04982.3368
H41.10242.00662.04982.8088
H51.88460.97352.33682.8088

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 106.997 O2 C1 O3 125.438
O2 C1 H4 109.119 O3 C1 H4 125.443
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.229      
2 O -0.235      
3 O -0.272      
4 H 0.062      
5 H 0.215      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.449 -0.377 0.000 1.497
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.835 -0.060 0.000
y -0.060 -12.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.935
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.906 -0.060 0.000
y -0.060 6.462 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.445
Polar
3z2-r20.889
x2-y2-8.912
xy-0.060
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.822 0.104 0.000
y 0.104 3.414 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.029


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.513
(<r2>)1/2 6.125

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.736244
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.736244
Nuclear repulsion energy69.665633
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 B97D3/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' 3705 3655 34.07 124.10 0.24 0.39
2 A' 2881 2842 99.67 119.39 0.26 0.41
3 A' 1816 1791 262.73 13.61 0.21 0.35
4 A' 1383 1364 0.18 6.05 0.60 0.75
5 A' 1244 1226 267.45 3.77 0.73 0.85
6 A' 1071 1056 66.34 8.02 0.42 0.59
7 A' 642 633 9.18 0.63 0.67 0.80
8 A" 1000 986 0.02 1.39 0.75 0.86
9 A" 541 533 78.33 1.65 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7141.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7043.4 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 B97D3/Def2TZVPP
ABC
2.87893 0.38591 0.34029

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.387 0.000
O2 -0.898 -0.635 0.000
O3 1.182 0.204 0.000
H4 -0.478 1.389 0.000
H5 -1.795 -0.269 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.36041.19651.11001.9116
O21.36042.24362.06680.9687
O31.19652.24362.03943.0153
H41.11002.06682.03942.1180
H51.91160.96873.01532.1180

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 109.160 O2 C1 O3 122.548
O2 C1 H4 113.185 O3 C1 H4 124.267
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.207      
2 O -0.191      
3 O -0.242      
4 H 0.032      
5 H 0.195      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.490 1.411 0.000 3.765
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D ÅAn error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator.

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