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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.193674
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-113.868302
Nuclear repulsion energy31.208865
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 CCD/6-31G**
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 3027 2839 44.12      
2 A1 1860 1744 67.28      
3 A1 1599 1500 4.00      
4 B1 1220 1144 2.07      
5 B2 3105 2911 128.73      
6 B2 1309 1227 15.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6060.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5682.1 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
9.64271 1.28393 1.13307

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.679
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.533
H3 0.000 0.931 -1.118
H4 0.000 -0.931 -1.118

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.21152.02352.0235
C21.21151.09971.0997
H32.02351.09971.8626
H42.02351.09971.8626

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.131 O1 C2 H4 122.131
H3 C2 H4 115.738
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability