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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/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 mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.518241
Energy at 298.15K-114.519688
HF Energy-114.518241
Nuclear repulsion energy31.487285
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 mPW1PW91/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 2910 2910 66.06 175.06 0.14 0.25
2 A1 1853 1853 112.85 7.18 0.43 0.60
3 A1 1538 1538 10.08 10.01 0.51 0.68
4 B1 1212 1212 3.97 0.92 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2971 2971 125.38 88.45 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1272 1272 12.08 3.53 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5877.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5877.4 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 mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP
ABC
9.50391 1.31541 1.15549

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.671
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.524
H3 0.000 0.938 -1.110
H4 0.000 -0.938 -1.110

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.19492.01282.0128
C21.19491.10611.1061
H32.01281.10611.8762
H42.01281.10611.8762

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.992 O1 C2 H4 121.992
H3 C2 H4 116.016
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.245      
2 C 0.114      
3 H 0.065      
4 H 0.065      


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 -2.320 2.320
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.582 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.537 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.135
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.253 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.322 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.576
Polar
3z2-r2-1.151
x2-y2-0.046
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.557 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.378 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.085


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.812
(<r2>)1/2 4.100