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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.729316
Energy at 298.15K-113.730753
HF Energy-113.729316
Nuclear repulsion energy30.579903
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/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 2803 2673 44.85      
2 A1 1709 1630 44.47      
3 A1 1528 1457 11.80      
4 B1 1176 1122 6.52      
5 B2 2835 2703 206.60      
6 B2 1240 1182 6.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5645.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5383.2 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/3-21G*
ABC
9.58440 1.22398 1.08537

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.695
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.542
H3 0.000 0.934 -1.156
H4 0.000 -0.934 -1.156

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.23712.07352.0735
C21.23711.11791.1179
H32.07351.11791.8683
H42.07351.11791.8683

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 123.322 O1 C2 H4 123.322
H3 C2 H4 113.357
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.348      
2 C 0.020      
3 H 0.164      
4 H 0.164      


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 -1.962 1.962
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.534 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.608 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.096
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.318 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.207 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.525
Polar
3z2-r2-1.050
x2-y20.074
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.791 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.932 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.571


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.382
(<r2>)1/2 4.169