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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.918646
Energy at 298.15K-113.920111
HF Energy-113.918646
Nuclear repulsion energy31.933556
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/Def2TZVPP
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 3088 2799 62.50 150.04 0.15 0.26
2 A1 1996 1809 159.13 12.03 0.31 0.48
3 A1 1652 1497 17.38 9.00 0.49 0.66
4 B1 1339 1214 2.21 0.14 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3157 2862 108.63 65.57 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1371 1243 21.28 2.02 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6301.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9064) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5711.5 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/Def2TZVPP
ABC
9.73394 1.35409 1.18873

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP

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 -0.516
H3 0.000 0.927 -1.095
H4 0.000 -0.927 -1.095

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.17741.98571.9857
C21.17741.09281.0928
H31.98571.09281.8539
H41.98571.09281.8539

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.978 O1 C2 H4 121.978
H3 C2 H4 116.044
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.362      
2 C 0.280      
3 H 0.041      
4 H 0.041      


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 -2.680 2.680
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.585 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.438 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.093
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.180 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.401 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.582
Polar
3z2-r2-1.163
x2-y2-0.148
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.496 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.153 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.915


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.523
(<r2>)1/2 4.065