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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/daug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.521067
Energy at 298.15K-114.522510
HF Energy-114.521067
Nuclear repulsion energy31.199374
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 B3LYP/daug-cc-pVDZ
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 2889 2889 73.57 192.31 0.11 0.19
2 A1 1803 1803 111.45 8.97 0.27 0.43
3 A1 1513 1513 11.33 8.56 0.41 0.58
4 B1 1195 1195 6.03 0.34 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2959 2959 117.23 110.71 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1247 1247 11.11 1.07 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5802.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5802.6 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 B3LYP/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.35362 1.29094 1.13438

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.677
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.530
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.118
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.118

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.20722.02852.0285
C21.20721.11321.1132
H32.02851.11321.8912
H42.02851.11321.8912

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.852 O1 C2 H4 121.852
H3 C2 H4 116.297
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.352      
2 C 1.310      
3 H -0.479      
4 H -0.479      


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 -2.400 2.400
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.780 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.744 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.460
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.322 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.376 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.697
Polar
3z2-r2-1.395
x2-y2-0.036
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.965 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.784 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.427


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.131
(<r2>)1/2 4.139