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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.500401
Energy at 298.15K-114.501846
HF Energy-114.500401
Nuclear repulsion energy31.423599
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 B3PW91/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 2884 2773 69.19      
2 A1 1840 1770 107.83      
3 A1 1531 1472 9.23      
4 B1 1200 1154 3.57      
5 B2 2939 2826 140.80      
6 B2 1265 1216 12.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5829.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5605.4 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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.49537 1.30920 1.15056

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.672
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.525
H3 0.000 0.939 -1.114
H4 0.000 -0.939 -1.114

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.19722.01822.0182
C21.19721.10831.1083
H32.01821.10831.8770
H42.01821.10831.8770

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.133 O1 C2 H4 122.133
H3 C2 H4 115.735
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.236      
2 C 0.173      
3 H 0.032      
4 H 0.032      


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 -2.270 2.270
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.540 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.522 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.052
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.247 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.274 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.521
Polar
3z2-r2-1.042
x2-y2-0.017
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.475 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.363 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.007


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.825
(<r2>)1/2 4.102