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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.728635
Energy at 298.15K-113.730084
HF Energy-113.728635
Nuclear repulsion energy30.907878
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 PBE1PBE/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 2938 2821 34.11 137.18 0.17 0.29
2 A1 1778 1708 51.52 0.67 0.09 0.16
3 A1 1582 1520 11.48 16.98 0.65 0.79
4 B1 1226 1177 7.22 1.37 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2991 2872 161.75 65.73 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1284 1233 9.51 7.83 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5899.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5665.5 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 PBE1PBE/3-21G
ABC
9.75173 1.25141 1.10908

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.688
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.537
H3 0.000 0.926 -1.139
H4 0.000 -0.926 -1.139

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.22492.04782.0478
C21.22491.10431.1043
H32.04781.10431.8522
H42.04781.10431.8522

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 123.009 O1 C2 H4 123.009
H3 C2 H4 113.981
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.388      
2 C 0.031      
3 H 0.178      
4 H 0.178      


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 -2.196 2.196
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.520 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.494 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.076
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.265 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.304 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.569
Polar
3z2-r2-1.139
x2-y2-0.026
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.769 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.817 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.498


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.129
(<r2>)1/2 4.139