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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.729316
Energy at 298.15K-113.730754
HF Energy-113.729316
Nuclear repulsion energy30.579894
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 PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G
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 2802 2777 44.92 146.41 0.17 0.29
2 A1 1710 1694 44.52 0.33 0.09 0.16
3 A1 1528 1514 11.80 17.96 0.66 0.80
4 B1 1177 1166 6.50 2.11 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2834 2808 206.89 77.03 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1240 1229 6.68 9.88 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5644.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5593.5 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 PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G
ABC
9.58563 1.22394 1.08536

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.695
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.542
H3 0.000 0.934 -1.156
H4 0.000 -0.934 -1.156

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.23702.07372.0737
C21.23701.11811.1181
H32.07371.11811.8681
H42.07371.11811.8681

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 123.339 O1 C2 H4 123.339
H3 C2 H4 113.323
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.348      
2 C 0.020      
3 H 0.164      
4 H 0.164      


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 -1.961 1.961
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.534 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.609 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.096
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.319 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.525
Polar
3z2-r2-1.049
x2-y20.075
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.791 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.932 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.572


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.383
(<r2>)1/2 4.169