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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.386648
Energy at 298.15K-114.388092
HF Energy-114.386648
Nuclear repulsion energy31.285202
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 HSEh1PBE/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 2897 2787 58.38 186.12 0.16 0.28
2 A1 1865 1794 113.38 4.17 0.58 0.74
3 A1 1519 1461 5.43 14.48 0.64 0.78
4 B1 1195 1149 1.97 1.54 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2955 2843 165.92 100.64 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1258 1210 15.56 5.33 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5844.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9619) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5622.1 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 HSEh1PBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.37416 1.29848 1.14050

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.675
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.525
H3 0.000 0.945 -1.125
H4 0.000 -0.945 -1.125

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.20022.03272.0327
C21.20021.11891.1189
H32.03271.11891.8891
H42.03271.11891.8891

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.415 O1 C2 H4 122.415
H3 C2 H4 115.169
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.189      
2 C 0.136      
3 H 0.026      
4 H 0.026      


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 -2.114 2.114
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.408 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.503 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.837
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.262 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.120 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.381
Polar
3z2-r2-0.763
x2-y20.095
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.103 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.143 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.739


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.850
(<r2>)1/2 4.105