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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.526350
Energy at 298.15K-114.527785
HF Energy-114.526350
Nuclear repulsion energy31.089913
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 2789 2779 82.24 207.64 0.11 0.19
2 A1 1734 1728 104.40 7.34 0.38 0.55
3 A1 1489 1484 11.23 9.93 0.41 0.59
4 B1 1152 1149 5.78 0.51 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2829 2820 141.83 139.24 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1225 1221 9.29 1.31 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5608.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9966) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5589.9 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.37060 1.27956 1.12583

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.680
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.532
H3 0.000 0.945 -1.123
H4 0.000 -0.945 -1.123

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.21232.03572.0357
C21.21231.11431.1143
H32.03571.11431.8895
H42.03571.11431.8895

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.024 O1 C2 H4 122.024
H3 C2 H4 115.952
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.407      
2 C -0.212      
3 H 0.310      
4 H 0.310      


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 -2.283 2.283
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.868 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.899 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.595
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.380 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.332 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.712
Polar
3z2-r2-1.424
x2-y20.032
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.017 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.915 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.561


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.278
(<r2>)1/2 4.157