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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

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/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.552147
Energy at 298.15K-114.553592
HF Energy-114.552147
Nuclear repulsion energy31.385167
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 2885 2791 72.87 186.87 0.10 0.19
2 A1 1813 1754 113.94 8.48 0.31 0.47
3 A1 1530 1480 11.96 9.03 0.39 0.57
4 B1 1198 1159 5.69 0.24 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2939 2844 116.76 107.96 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1263 1222 11.62 1.07 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5814.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5625.2 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.49944 1.30538 1.14767

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.673
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.527
H3 0.000 0.938 -1.112
H4 0.000 -0.938 -1.112

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.20022.01702.0170
C21.20021.10581.1058
H32.01701.10581.8766
H42.01701.10581.8766

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.951 O1 C2 H4 121.951
H3 C2 H4 116.098
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.421      
2 C -0.274      
3 H 0.348      
4 H 0.348      


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 -2.389 2.389
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.762 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.698 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.408
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.291 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.387 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.678
Polar
3z2-r2-1.355
x2-y2-0.064
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.939 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.723 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.366


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.995
(<r2>)1/2 4.122