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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-22.761160
Energy at 298.15K-22.762596
HF Energy-22.761160
Nuclear repulsion energy17.320849
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 B3LYP/CEP-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 2959 2866 75.73 159.42 0.19 0.32
2 A1 1684 1631 53.83 5.23 0.05 0.10
3 A1 1518 1470 19.14 21.44 0.56 0.72
4 B1 1181 1143 19.71 0.07 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3050 2953 164.35 76.83 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1243 1204 6.85 6.55 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5817.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9684) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5633.2 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
ABC
9.32734 1.21424 1.07437

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.698
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.552
H3 0.000 0.947 -1.136
H4 0.000 -0.947 -1.136

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.25022.06392.0639
C21.25021.11241.1124
H32.06391.11241.8938
H42.06391.11241.8938

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.652 O1 C2 H4 121.652
H3 C2 H4 116.696
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.112      
2 C -0.229      
3 H 0.170      
4 H 0.170      


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 -2.917 2.917
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.692 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.260 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.323
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.100 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.747 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.847
Polar
3z2-r2-1.693
x2-y2-0.431
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.064 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.634 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.726


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 15.860
(<r2>)1/2 3.983