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Formaldehyde Results

Bond Lengths for Formaldehyde Using DZV Basis Set.

The literature values for typical bond lengths are shown below.

Bond	Length (nm)¹
C=O	0.1060±0.0038
C-H	0.1230±0.0017

Molecular Orbitals

A display of the HOMO and LUMO states.

IR Spectroscopy

There are three significant IR stretches for formaldehyde. Below is a table with literature values for the stretches shown to the right.

Bond	Frequency (cm^-1)²
C=O Stretch	~1750.00
C-H Stretch (symmetrical)	~2785.00
C-H (asymmetrical)	~2850.00

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References
(1) Weast, Robert C., Melvin J. Astle, and William H. Beyer. "Element Properties." CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: A Ready-reference Book of Chemical and Physical Data. 60th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 1984. N. pag. Print.

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