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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: LSDA/SDD

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.883186
Energy at 298.15K-113.884618
HF Energy-113.883186
Nuclear repulsion energy30.569956
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 LSDA/SDD
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 2867 2867 80.20      
2 A1 1696 1696 66.86      
3 A1 1491 1491 9.98      
4 B1 1166 1166 20.68      
5 B2 2936 2936 140.75      
6 B2 1217 1217 2.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5686.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5686.1 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 LSDA/SDD
ABC
9.30293 1.23054 1.08679

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.693
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.545
H3 0.000 0.948 -1.139
H4 0.000 -0.948 -1.139

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.23822.06362.0636
C21.23821.11921.1192
H32.06361.11921.8963
H42.06361.11921.8963

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.097 O1 C2 H4 122.097
H3 C2 H4 115.805
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.159      
2 C -0.228      
3 H 0.193      
4 H 0.193      


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 -2.629 2.629
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.744 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.376 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.258
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.073 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.625 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.697
Polar
3z2-r2-1.395
x2-y2-0.368
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.988 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.832 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.723


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.388
(<r2>)1/2 4.170