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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.419919
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.419919
Nuclear repulsion energy321.555374
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 M06-2X/6-31G*
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' 3251 3078 8.11 226.41 0.11 0.21
2 A' 3245 3073 10.53 63.30 0.16 0.28
3 A' 3236 3065 9.60 86.09 0.74 0.85
4 A' 3225 3054 1.25 73.35 0.74 0.85
5 A' 3210 3040 5.04 54.25 0.39 0.56
6 A' 2976 2818 117.71 114.78 0.29 0.45
7 A' 1871 1771 239.84 74.92 0.34 0.51
8 A' 1695 1606 20.86 69.53 0.53 0.69
9 A' 1680 1591 8.76 8.18 0.58 0.73
10 A' 1552 1469 0.56 1.23 0.28 0.44
11 A' 1513 1433 11.61 0.81 0.27 0.43
12 A' 1444 1367 13.81 4.63 0.75 0.85
13 A' 1363 1290 4.99 1.26 0.74 0.85
14 A' 1344 1273 16.59 1.68 0.42 0.59
15 A' 1247 1181 55.86 25.81 0.26 0.41
16 A' 1198 1135 15.24 8.44 0.27 0.42
17 A' 1189 1126 0.59 8.15 0.75 0.86
18 A' 1117 1057 3.86 0.63 0.26 0.41
19 A' 1063 1007 1.00 13.20 0.11 0.19
20 A' 1022 967 0.04 18.70 0.10 0.18
21 A' 849 804 33.12 8.93 0.17 0.30
22 A' 662 627 24.65 2.84 0.38 0.55
23 A' 627 594 0.52 5.33 0.75 0.86
24 A' 445 421 0.15 4.78 0.36 0.53
25 A' 225 213 8.06 0.61 0.55 0.71
26 A" 1049 993 0.36 8.31 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1029 975 0.00 0.37 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1006 953 0.12 0.01 0.75 0.86
29 A" 954 904 1.63 1.12 0.75 0.86
30 A" 882 835 0.02 5.79 0.75 0.86
31 A" 769 729 50.09 1.86 0.75 0.86
32 A" 709 672 18.97 0.17 0.75 0.86
33 A" 464 440 4.81 0.40 0.75 0.86
34 A" 419 397 0.11 0.03 0.75 0.86
35 A" 239 226 7.62 1.43 0.75 0.86
36 A" 123 116 4.56 2.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24444.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23149.0 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 M06-2X/6-31G*
ABC
0.17517 0.05246 0.04037

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.571 0.000
C2 -1.034 -0.369 0.000
C3 -0.731 -1.723 0.000
C4 0.602 -2.140 0.000
C5 1.634 -1.204 0.000
C6 1.331 0.154 0.000
C7 -0.317 2.020 0.000
O8 -1.438 2.470 0.000
H9 0.566 2.693 0.000
H10 -2.059 -0.012 0.000
H11 -1.529 -2.459 0.000
H12 0.835 -3.200 0.000
H13 2.668 -1.533 0.000
H14 2.126 0.896 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39742.40852.77702.41271.39471.48242.38172.19592.14053.39473.86293.39812.1508
C21.39741.38802.41062.79522.42182.49352.86713.45451.08582.14873.39283.88053.4038
C32.40851.38801.39642.42122.78873.76574.25224.60302.16621.08552.15303.40443.8765
C42.77702.41061.39641.39302.40694.25955.04074.83303.40702.15441.08592.15333.3973
C52.41272.79522.42121.39301.39153.76794.78904.04093.88063.40262.14971.08532.1574
C61.39472.42182.78872.40691.39152.48913.60992.65193.39433.87423.39062.15281.0879
C71.48242.49353.76574.25953.76792.48911.20841.11052.67644.64015.34544.64032.6891
O82.38172.86714.25225.04074.78903.60991.20842.01682.55824.93006.10885.73463.8965
H92.19593.45454.60304.83304.04092.65191.11052.01683.76965.56225.89954.72032.3798
H102.14051.08582.16623.40703.88063.39432.67642.55823.76962.50434.30624.96594.2830
H113.39472.14871.08552.15443.40263.87424.64014.93005.56222.50432.47764.29774.9620
H123.86293.39282.15301.08592.14973.39065.34546.10885.89954.30622.47762.47714.2950
H133.39813.88053.40442.15331.08532.15284.64035.73464.72034.96594.29772.47712.4893
H142.15083.40383.87653.39732.15741.08792.68913.89652.37984.28304.96204.29502.4893

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.691 C1 C2 H10 118.545
C1 C6 C5 119.979 C1 C6 H14 119.565
C1 C7 O8 124.221 C1 C7 H9 114.990
C2 C1 C6 120.307 C2 C1 C7 119.930
C2 C3 C4 119.937 C2 C3 H11 120.113
C3 C2 H10 121.764 C3 C4 C5 120.458
C3 C4 H12 119.777 C4 C3 H11 119.950
C4 C5 C6 119.628 C4 C5 H13 120.145
C5 C4 H12 119.765 C5 C6 H14 120.456
C6 C1 C7 119.763 C6 C5 H13 120.226
O8 C7 H9 120.789
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.021      
2 C -0.170      
3 C -0.166      
4 C -0.153      
5 C -0.167      
6 C -0.192      
7 C 0.220      
8 O -0.414      
9 H 0.127      
10 H 0.199      
11 H 0.175      
12 H 0.174      
13 H 0.174      
14 H 0.173      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.223 -2.243 0.000 3.158
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.895 5.960 0.000
y 5.960 -45.675 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.382
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.134 5.960 0.000
y 5.960 0.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.598
Polar
3z2-r2-7.195
x2-y21.780
xy5.960
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.412 -1.012 0.000
y -1.012 14.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.862


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.413
(<r2>)1/2 16.137