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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.252319
Energy at 298.15K-114.253757
HF Energy-113.882610
Nuclear repulsion energy30.821962
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 MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 2929 2856        
2 A1 1705 1663        
3 A1 1506 1469        
4 B1 1164 1136        
5 B2 3003 2929        
6 B2 1238 1207        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5772.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9752) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5629.4 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 MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.29330 1.25551 1.10608

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.686
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.540
H3 0.000 0.949 -1.127
H4 0.000 -0.949 -1.127

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.22632.04622.0462
C21.22631.11541.1154
H32.04621.11541.8973
H42.04621.11541.8973

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.734 O1 C2 H4 121.734
H3 C2 H4 116.532
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability