return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.457018
Energy at 298.15K-113.458459
Nuclear repulsion energy30.463678
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 CCSD(T)/3-21G
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 2912 2885        
2 A1 1693 1677        
3 A1 1524 1510        
4 B1 1178 1167        
5 B2 2968 2940        
6 B2 1282 1270        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5778.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9906) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5724.4 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 CCSD(T)/3-21G
ABC
9.69871 1.20992 1.07573

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.699
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.550
H3 0.000 0.929 -1.148
H4 0.000 -0.929 -1.148

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.24892.06802.0680
C21.24891.10501.1050
H32.06801.10501.8572
H42.06801.10501.8572

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.818 O1 C2 H4 122.818
H3 C2 H4 114.363
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability