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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pCVTZ

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/aug-cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.420100
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-114.420100
Nuclear repulsion energy31.121144
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/aug-cc-pCVTZ
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 2791 2791 80.76 207.37 0.11 0.19
2 A1 1760 1760 103.61 7.89 0.36 0.53
3 A1 1477 1477 9.37 8.88 0.42 0.59
4 B1 1147 1147 6.39 0.54 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2838 2838 138.95 135.08 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1217 1217 8.80 1.34 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5614.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5614.5 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/aug-cc-pCVTZ
ABC
9.31045 1.28428 1.12860

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.679
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.531
H3 0.000 0.948 -1.123
H4 0.000 -0.948 -1.123

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.20952.03582.0358
C21.20951.11761.1176
H32.03581.11761.8956
H42.03581.11761.8956

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.001 O1 C2 H4 122.001
H3 C2 H4 115.998
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.410      
2 C -0.458      
3 H 0.434      
4 H 0.434      


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 -2.231 2.231
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.809 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.791 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.466
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.320 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.666
Polar
3z2-r2-1.332
x2-y2-0.018
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.999 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.907 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.523


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.203
(<r2>)1/2 4.148