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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/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 HF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.221820
Energy at 298.15K-113.223286
HF Energy-113.221820
Nuclear repulsion energy31.412539
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 HF/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 3163 2864 21.62 120.66 0.18 0.31
2 A1 1916 1735 69.42 4.75 0.20 0.33
3 A1 1693 1533 15.88 16.76 0.61 0.76
4 B1 1337 1211 4.91 0.14 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3234 2928 120.45 49.31 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1379 1248 20.11 5.22 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6360.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9056) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5759.6 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 HF/3-21G
ABC
10.02711 1.29382 1.14596

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.676
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.531
H3 0.000 0.913 -1.113
H4 0.000 -0.913 -1.113

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.20692.00902.0090
C21.20691.08321.0832
H32.00901.08321.8266
H42.00901.08321.8266

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.530 O1 C2 H4 122.530
H3 C2 H4 114.940
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.482      
2 C 0.131      
3 H 0.175      
4 H 0.175      


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 -2.658 2.658
CHELPG 0.000 0.000 -2.634 2.634
AIM        
ESP 0.000 0.000 -2.640 2.640


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.552 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.466 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.243
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.302 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.432 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.733
Polar
3z2-r2-1.467
x2-y2-0.087
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.712 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.644 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.469


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.835
(<r2>)1/2 4.103