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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.719833
Energy at 298.15K-113.721281
HF Energy-113.644152
Nuclear repulsion energy30.737959
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 B2PLYP/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 2954 2954 37.46 139.94 0.16 0.28
2 A1 1734 1734 32.75 1.17 0.73 0.84
3 A1 1566 1566 17.84 16.48 0.61 0.76
4 B1 1224 1224 5.25 1.64 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3006 3006 168.11 68.91 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1292 1292 9.69 8.32 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5888.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5888.3 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 B2PLYP/3-21G
ABC
9.81944 1.23321 1.09561

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.693
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.543
H3 0.000 0.923 -1.143
H4 0.000 -0.923 -1.143

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.23542.05422.0542
C21.23541.10071.1007
H32.05421.10071.8458
H42.05421.10071.8458

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 123.021 O1 C2 H4 123.021
H3 C2 H4 113.958
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.376      
2 C 0.066      
3 H 0.155      
4 H 0.155      


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 -2.134 2.134
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.524 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.635 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.181
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.384 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.217 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.602
Polar
3z2-r2-1.203
x2-y20.111
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.752 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.804 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.500


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.275
(<r2>)1/2 4.156