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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/daug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at QCISD/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.576219
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.977125
Nuclear repulsion energy69.731247
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 QCISD/daug-cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3168 3168 8.13      
2 A 3117 3117 7.62      
3 A 3051 3051 3.30      
4 A 2946 2946 95.77      
5 A 1813 1813 160.57      
6 A 1499 1499 8.71      
7 A 1488 1488 20.32      
8 A 1437 1437 11.48      
9 A 1406 1406 13.27      
10 A 1149 1149 21.81      
11 A 1149 1149 0.01      
12 A 907 907 6.19      
13 A 787 787 0.98      
14 A 510 510 14.06      
15 A 159 159 1.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12292.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12292.2 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 QCISD/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.90276 0.33911 0.30398

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.232 0.401 0.000
C2 -1.167 -0.149 0.000
O3 1.232 -0.278 0.000
H4 0.311 1.504 0.000
H5 -1.151 -1.236 -0.000
H6 -1.701 0.220 0.879
H7 -1.701 0.221 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50271.20871.10572.14242.13062.1306
C21.50272.40252.21681.08761.09251.0925
O31.20872.40252.00532.56823.10203.1020
H41.10572.21682.00533.10512.54302.5430
H52.14241.08762.56823.10511.78791.7879
H62.13061.09253.10202.54301.78791.7579
H72.13061.09253.10202.54301.78791.7579

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.576 C1 C2 H6 109.349
C1 C2 H7 109.349 C2 C1 O3 124.416
C2 C1 H4 115.558 O3 C1 H4 120.027
H5 C2 H6 110.188 H5 C2 H7 110.188
H6 C2 H7 107.120
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability