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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.833865
Energy at 298.15K-113.835302
HF Energy-113.833865
Nuclear repulsion energy30.559174
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 BLYP/3-21G*
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 2790 2772 46.45 144.39 0.17 0.29
2 A1 1700 1689 42.21 0.50 0.39 0.56
3 A1 1526 1516 14.89 17.97 0.66 0.80
4 B1 1177 1170 5.06 2.10 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2818 2800 214.99 75.97 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1242 1234 7.70 10.02 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5626.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5590.1 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
9.61682 1.22117 1.08357

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.696
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.542
H3 0.000 0.933 -1.157
H4 0.000 -0.933 -1.157

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.23862.07442.0744
C21.23861.11681.1168
H32.07441.11681.8651
H42.07441.11681.8651

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 123.378 O1 C2 H4 123.378
H3 C2 H4 113.245
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.342      
2 C 0.056      
3 H 0.143      
4 H 0.143      


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 -1.915 1.915
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.481 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.636 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.136
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.405 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.172 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.577
Polar
3z2-r2-1.154
x2-y20.155
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.784 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.568


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.398
(<r2>)1/2 4.171