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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.879243
Energy at 298.15K-113.880709
HF Energy-113.879243
Nuclear repulsion energy31.902647
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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3091 2799 52.48 126.23 0.17 0.29
2 A1 2017 1827 146.51 8.46 0.27 0.43
3 A1 1658 1501 11.87 10.71 0.56 0.72
4 B1 1337 1211 0.93 0.56 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3159 2860 122.06 56.05 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1373 1243 22.72 3.14 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6317.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5720.5 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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.75162 1.35028 1.18605

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.662
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.516
H3 0.000 0.926 -1.100
H4 0.000 -0.926 -1.100

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.17791.99071.9907
C21.17791.09501.0950
H31.99071.09501.8522
H41.99071.09501.8522

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.249 O1 C2 H4 122.249
H3 C2 H4 115.502
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.284      
2 C 0.040      
3 H 0.122      
4 H 0.122      


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 -2.548 2.548
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.406 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.356 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.814
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.179 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.253 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.432
Polar
3z2-r2-0.865
x2-y2-0.049
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.249 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.087 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.634


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.437
(<r2>)1/2 4.054