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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/Sadlej_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 MP2/Sadlej_pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.227834
Energy at 298.15K-114.229278
HF Energy-113.898834
Nuclear repulsion energy30.915071
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 MP2/Sadlej_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 2932 2821 68.07      
2 A1 1748 1681 70.43      
3 A1 1514 1457 7.86      
4 B1 1208 1162 5.85      
5 B2 3023 2908 94.19      
6 B2 1251 1204 10.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5837.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9621) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5616.7 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 MP2/Sadlej_pVTZ
ABC
9.26857 1.26530 1.11332

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/Sadlej_pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.684
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.537
H3 0.000 0.950 -1.123
H4 0.000 -0.950 -1.123

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.22132.04142.0414
C21.22131.11591.1159
H32.04141.11591.8998
H42.04141.11591.8998

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.654 O1 C2 H4 121.654
H3 C2 H4 116.693
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability