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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.398908
Energy at 298.15K-114.400343
HF Energy-114.398908
Nuclear repulsion energy31.115383
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
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 2786 2757 77.55 187.21 0.18 0.31
2 A1 1786 1768 104.22 3.88 0.65 0.79
3 A1 1503 1487 6.49 14.94 0.66 0.79
4 B1 1146 1134 2.82 2.46 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2823 2794 212.29 117.58 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1240 1227 11.45 6.71 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5641.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5582.5 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
9.30107 1.28379 1.12808

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.679
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.529
H3 0.000 0.948 -1.128
H4 0.000 -0.948 -1.128

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.20822.04052.0405
C21.20821.12141.1214
H32.04051.12141.8965
H42.04051.12141.8965

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.264 O1 C2 H4 122.264
H3 C2 H4 115.472
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.222      
2 C -0.101      
3 H 0.161      
4 H 0.161      


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 -2.074 2.074
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.630 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.648 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.097
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.243 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.216 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.459
Polar
3z2-r2-0.917
x2-y20.018
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.145 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.246 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.905


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.075
(<r2>)1/2 4.132