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All results from a given calculation for H2CO (Formaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.455772
Energy at 298.15K-114.457208
HF Energy-114.455772
Nuclear repulsion energy31.034496
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 B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ
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 2808 2808 91.16 206.47 0.11 0.19
2 A1 1755 1755 107.66 8.28 0.29 0.45
3 A1 1485 1485 9.15 8.94 0.43 0.60
4 B1 1161 1161 5.46 0.57 0.75 0.86
5 B2 2865 2865 158.05 135.98 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1219 1219 9.26 1.29 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5646.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5646.6 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 B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.27703 1.27661 1.12219

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.681
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.532
H3 0.000 0.949 -1.127
H4 0.000 -0.949 -1.127

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 H3 H4
O11.21302.04172.0417
C21.21301.12021.1202
H32.04171.12021.8990
H42.04171.12021.8990

picture of Formaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 H3 122.050 O1 C2 H4 122.050
H3 C2 H4 115.899
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.330      
2 C 1.054      
3 H -0.362      
4 H -0.362      


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 -2.277 2.277
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.702 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.769 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.429
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.397 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.296 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.693
Polar
3z2-r2-1.385
x2-y20.067
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.005 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.922 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.544


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.223
(<r2>)1/2 4.150