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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.461137
Energy at 298.15K-114.462581
HF Energy-114.461137
Nuclear repulsion energy30.808224
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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G
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 2963 2850 38.98      
2 A1 1748 1682 60.93      
3 A1 1560 1501 17.47      
4 B1 1203 1158 6.62      
5 B2 3034 2919 147.96      
6 B2 1274 1226 9.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5891.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5667.4 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G
ABC
9.59845 1.24576 1.10265

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.689
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.542
H3 0.000 0.933 -1.129
H4 0.000 -0.933 -1.129

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.23162.04422.0442
C21.23161.10271.1027
H32.04421.10271.8669
H42.04421.10271.8669

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.164 O1 C2 H4 122.164
H3 C2 H4 115.671
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.341      
2 C 0.094      
3 H 0.124      
4 H 0.124      


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 -2.470 2.470
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.513 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.551 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.338
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.432 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.375 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.807
Polar
3z2-r2-1.613
x2-y20.038
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.870 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.898 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.806


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.229
(<r2>)1/2 4.151