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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-344.283918
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-343.433138
Nuclear repulsion energy322.958474
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 CID/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' 3354 3098 5.20      
2 A' 3344 3089 14.61      
3 A' 3333 3079 16.27      
4 A' 3320 3067 2.05      
5 A' 3309 3057 5.26      
6 A' 3103 2866 105.39      
7 A' 1937 1789 253.59      
8 A' 1775 1640 18.65      
9 A' 1756 1622 8.47      
10 A' 1628 1504 0.41      
11 A' 1584 1463 12.79      
12 A' 1515 1399 15.05      
13 A' 1423 1315 13.50      
14 A' 1370 1265 12.29      
15 A' 1304 1204 51.51      
16 A' 1266 1169 15.89      
17 A' 1242 1147 1.87      
18 A' 1169 1079 2.64      
19 A' 1109 1024 0.90      
20 A' 1067 986 0.20      
21 A' 883 816 34.86      
22 A' 691 639 28.23      
23 A' 658 608 0.81      
24 A' 464 429 0.09      
25 A' 235 217 9.16      
26 A" 1093 1009 0.01      
27 A" 1030 951 0.12      
28 A" 1021 943 0.19      
29 A" 980 905 1.67      
30 A" 917 847 0.05      
31 A" 795 734 76.71      
32 A" 679 627 5.17      
33 A" 480 444 5.39      
34 A" 434 401 0.15      
35 A" 243 225 8.98      
36 A" 121 112 6.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25315.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23383.4 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.17709 0.05280 0.04067

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.569 0.000
C2 -1.029 -0.368 0.000
C3 -0.729 -1.716 0.000
C4 0.597 -2.133 0.000
C5 1.624 -1.202 0.000
C6 1.323 0.151 0.000
C7 -0.314 2.014 0.000
O8 -1.428 2.466 0.000
H9 0.560 2.683 0.000
H10 -2.050 -0.020 0.000
H11 -1.523 -2.446 0.000
H12 0.829 -3.187 0.000
H13 2.652 -1.529 0.000
H14 2.119 0.882 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39152.39842.76692.40281.38791.47842.37482.18652.13273.37813.84623.38142.1418
C21.39151.38142.40002.78092.40882.48662.86213.43921.07822.13663.37623.85973.3869
C32.39841.38141.38992.40802.77413.75284.24064.58342.14951.07892.14213.38583.8548
C42.76692.40001.38991.38552.39604.24535.02534.81543.38652.14321.07932.14153.3771
C52.40282.78092.40801.38551.38573.75444.77204.02793.85893.38372.13821.07882.1424
C61.38792.40882.77412.39601.38572.48023.59632.64473.37743.85303.37402.14151.0807
C71.47842.48663.75284.24533.75442.48021.20281.10002.67424.62115.32464.62012.6827
O82.37482.86214.24065.02534.77203.59631.20281.99932.56334.91386.08715.71043.8844
H92.18653.43924.58344.81544.02792.64471.10001.99933.75695.53565.87574.70272.3816
H102.13271.07822.14953.38653.85893.37742.67422.56333.75692.48264.27924.93774.2650
H113.37812.13661.07892.14323.38373.85304.62114.91385.53562.48262.46534.27444.9337
H123.84623.37622.14211.07932.13823.37405.32466.08715.87574.27922.46532.46444.2689
H133.38143.85973.38582.14151.07882.14154.62015.71044.70274.93774.27442.46442.4695
H142.14183.38693.85483.37712.14241.08072.68273.88442.38164.26504.93374.26892.4695

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.756 C1 C2 H10 118.894
C1 C6 C5 120.062 C1 C6 H14 119.844
C1 C7 O8 124.360 C1 C7 H9 115.202
C2 C1 C6 120.148 C2 C1 C7 120.060
C2 C3 C4 119.996 C2 C3 H11 120.050
C3 C2 H10 121.350 C3 C4 C5 120.365
C3 C4 H12 119.816 C4 C3 H11 119.954
C4 C5 C6 119.673 C4 C5 H13 120.172
C5 C4 H12 119.819 C5 C6 H14 120.094
C6 C1 C7 119.791 C6 C5 H13 120.155
O8 C7 H9 120.438
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability