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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pCVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.915839
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-113.915839
Nuclear repulsion energy31.919329
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 HF/aug-cc-pCVTZ
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 3086 3086 66.03 149.20 0.11 0.20
2 A1 1992 1992 160.50 14.79 0.20 0.34
3 A1 1648 1648 19.52 7.88 0.37 0.54
4 B1 1335 1335 4.03 0.01 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3155 3155 96.32 67.06 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1367 1367 20.66 0.72 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6291.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6291.1 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 HF/aug-cc-pCVTZ
ABC
9.72739 1.35286 1.18768

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/aug-cc-pCVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.661
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.517
H3 0.000 0.927 -1.095
H4 0.000 -0.927 -1.095

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.17821.98601.9860
C21.17821.09271.0927
H31.98601.09271.8545
H41.98601.09271.8545

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.941 O1 C2 H4 121.941
H3 C2 H4 116.118
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.551      
2 C -0.368      
3 H 0.460      
4 H 0.460      


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 -2.714 2.714
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.649 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.422 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.137
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.131 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.471 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.602
Polar
3z2-r2-1.203
x2-y2-0.227
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.796 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.382 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.049


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.549
(<r2>)1/2 4.068