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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.475543
Energy at 298.15K-114.476988
HF Energy-114.475543
Nuclear repulsion energy31.297730
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
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 2946 2804 63.02 158.99 0.17 0.29
2 A1 1856 1767 117.34 9.11 0.29 0.45
3 A1 1545 1471 6.53 12.75 0.57 0.72
4 B1 1205 1147 5.24 1.19 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3014 2869 121.31 104.26 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1270 1209 9.88 3.24 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5917.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5632.5 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
9.47341 1.29742 1.14113

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.675
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.529
H3 0.000 0.940 -1.114
H4 0.000 -0.940 -1.114

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.20452.02092.0209
C21.20451.10671.1067
H32.02091.10671.8792
H42.02091.10671.8792

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.893 O1 C2 H4 121.893
H3 C2 H4 116.213
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.304      
2 C 0.052      
3 H 0.126      
4 H 0.126      


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 -2.522 2.522
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.695 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.606 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.260
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.238 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.371 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.609
Polar
3z2-r2-1.218
x2-y2-0.089
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.316 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.266 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.121


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 16.979
(<r2>)1/2 4.121