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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.522327
Energy at 298.15K-114.523770
HF Energy-114.522327
Nuclear repulsion energy31.127179
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 TPSSh/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 2893 2798 77.42 188.78 0.11 0.19
2 A1 1789 1730 103.78 8.42 0.30 0.46
3 A1 1523 1473 11.88 9.22 0.42 0.59
4 B1 1195 1156 6.46 0.24 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2957 2860 129.20 115.33 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1245 1205 10.86 1.15 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5800.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9673) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5611.2 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.34960 1.28391 1.12889

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.679
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.532
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.120
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.120

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.21092.03192.0319
C21.21091.11341.1134
H32.03191.11341.8916
H42.03191.11341.8916

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.849 O1 C2 H4 121.849
H3 C2 H4 116.303
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.384      
2 C 0.686      
3 H -0.151      
4 H -0.151      


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 -2.361 2.361
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.866 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.692 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.399


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.113
(<r2>)1/2 4.137