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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-22.267191
Energy at 298.15K-22.268653
HF Energy-22.267191
Nuclear repulsion energy17.723582
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 HF/CEP-121G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3157 2881 38.70 134.77 0.20 0.33
2 A1 1862 1699 102.61 13.01 0.14 0.25
3 A1 1641 1497 31.46 18.33 0.58 0.74
4 B1 1314 1199 6.02 0.12 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3264 2978 98.11 59.98 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1350 1232 18.33 4.03 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6293.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9125) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5742.7 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 HF/CEP-121G
ABC
9.70909 1.27307 1.12549

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.682
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.540
H3 0.000 0.928 -1.108
H4 0.000 -0.928 -1.108

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.22142.01582.0158
C21.22141.08821.0882
H32.01581.08821.8562
H42.01581.08821.8562

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.469 O1 C2 H4 121.469
H3 C2 H4 117.062
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.262      
2 C 0.030      
3 H 0.116      
4 H 0.116      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -3.139 3.139
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.720 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.422 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.526
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.254 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.701 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.955
Polar
3z2-r2-1.910
x2-y2-0.297
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.035 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.746 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.951


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 15.557
(<r2>)1/2 3.944