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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCD/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.048805
Energy at 298.15K-114.050239
HF Energy-113.827367
Nuclear repulsion energy30.338801
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 CCD/LANL2DZ
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 2970 2801 54.63      
2 A1 1668 1574 28.19      
3 A1 1522 1435 10.24      
4 B1 1162 1096 13.16      
5 B2 3059 2885 111.98      
6 B2 1245 1174 8.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5813.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9431) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5482.8 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 CCD/LANL2DZ
ABC
9.35372 1.20678 1.06887

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.700
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.555
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.136
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.136

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.25532.06492.0649
C21.25531.10951.1095
H32.06491.10951.8912
H42.06491.10951.8912

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 121.544 O1 C2 H4 121.544
H3 C2 H4 116.912
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability