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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.523394
Energy at 298.15K-114.524840
HF Energy-114.523394
Nuclear repulsion energy31.504666
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ
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 2906 2906 72.09      
2 A1 1851 1851 115.53      
3 A1 1536 1536 11.37      
4 B1 1208 1208 5.85      
5 B2 2966 2966 113.98      
6 B2 1271 1271 11.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5869.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5869.3 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.50747 1.31705 1.15680

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.670
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.524
H3 0.000 0.938 -1.110
H4 0.000 -0.938 -1.110

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.19412.01202.0120
C21.19411.10591.1059
H32.01201.10591.8758
H42.01201.10591.8758

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.993 O1 C2 H4 121.993
H3 C2 H4 116.014
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.455      
2 C -0.440      
3 H 0.447      
4 H 0.447      


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 -2.362 2.362
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.650 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.543 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.223
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.233 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.394 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.627
Polar
3z2-r2-1.253
x2-y2-0.107
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.916 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.685 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.292


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.836
(<r2>)1/2 4.103