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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.452704
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.452704
Nuclear repulsion energy321.430733
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 wB97X-D/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' 3245 3078 9.35 198.07 0.12 0.21
2 A' 3238 3071 15.02 85.93 0.14 0.24
3 A' 3228 3062 14.54 81.04 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3216 3050 1.65 77.38 0.72 0.84
5 A' 3203 3038 5.69 47.96 0.43 0.61
6 A' 2939 2788 130.07 120.43 0.29 0.45
7 A' 1851 1756 239.95 73.18 0.35 0.51
8 A' 1696 1609 23.74 73.49 0.53 0.69
9 A' 1679 1593 9.71 8.25 0.57 0.73
10 A' 1557 1477 0.43 1.37 0.26 0.41
11 A' 1518 1440 12.14 0.91 0.25 0.40
12 A' 1452 1378 10.88 4.25 0.73 0.84
13 A' 1376 1305 5.54 1.46 0.73 0.84
14 A' 1356 1286 17.12 1.63 0.43 0.60
15 A' 1248 1184 56.93 24.23 0.28 0.43
16 A' 1212 1150 22.41 8.79 0.18 0.31
17 A' 1205 1143 1.16 8.24 0.74 0.85
18 A' 1124 1066 4.90 0.64 0.28 0.43
19 A' 1066 1011 1.50 11.54 0.11 0.20
20 A' 1029 976 0.22 21.08 0.10 0.18
21 A' 851 807 33.61 9.13 0.17 0.28
22 A' 668 633 24.44 2.65 0.38 0.55
23 A' 635 602 0.47 5.34 0.75 0.86
24 A' 448 425 0.21 4.88 0.35 0.52
25 A' 226 214 8.10 0.61 0.55 0.71
26 A" 1049 995 0.34 7.75 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1029 976 0.00 0.37 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1007 955 0.12 0.02 0.75 0.86
29 A" 957 907 1.61 0.87 0.75 0.86
30 A" 882 836 0.03 4.84 0.75 0.86
31 A" 772 733 49.89 1.54 0.75 0.86
32 A" 713 676 22.04 0.20 0.75 0.86
33 A" 469 445 4.83 0.38 0.75 0.86
34 A" 422 400 0.11 0.03 0.75 0.86
35 A" 239 227 7.63 1.40 0.75 0.86
36 A" 124 118 4.69 2.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24463.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23203.5 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.17537 0.05233 0.04030

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.572 0.000
C2 -1.035 -0.368 0.000
C3 -0.736 -1.723 0.000
C4 0.594 -2.143 0.000
C5 1.628 -1.210 0.000
C6 1.330 0.148 0.000
C7 -0.310 2.020 0.000
O8 -1.428 2.483 0.000
H9 0.580 2.688 0.000
H10 -2.061 -0.013 0.000
H11 -1.537 -2.456 0.000
H12 0.825 -3.205 0.000
H13 2.662 -1.542 0.000
H14 2.130 0.885 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39782.41012.77952.41411.39561.48112.38592.19352.14223.39603.86573.39932.1527
C21.39781.38762.40982.79342.42022.49572.87773.45551.08562.14823.39233.87903.4037
C32.41011.38761.39572.41972.78733.76744.26234.60252.16301.08582.15273.40333.8752
C42.77952.40981.39571.39262.40644.26065.04914.83083.40432.15421.08622.15333.3955
C52.41412.79342.41971.39261.39083.76734.79424.03653.87873.40172.15001.08562.1548
C61.39562.42022.78732.40641.39082.48853.61372.64803.39443.87313.39042.15211.0880
C71.48112.49573.76744.26063.76732.48851.21071.11162.68334.64195.34674.63912.6905
O82.38592.87774.26235.04914.79423.61371.21072.01832.57464.94056.11785.73873.9003
H92.19353.45554.60254.83084.03652.64801.11162.01833.77665.56235.89734.71452.3772
H102.14221.08562.16303.40433.87873.39442.68332.57463.77662.49924.30324.96444.2857
H113.39602.14821.08582.15423.40173.87314.64194.94055.56232.49922.47774.29744.9610
H123.86573.39232.15271.08622.15003.39045.34676.11785.89734.30322.47772.47774.2930
H133.39933.87903.40332.15331.08562.15214.63915.73874.71454.96444.29742.47772.4850
H142.15273.40373.87523.39552.15481.08802.69053.90032.37724.28574.96104.29302.4850

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.817 C1 C2 H10 118.677
C1 C6 C5 120.083 C1 C6 H14 119.655
C1 C7 O8 124.532 C1 C7 H9 114.821
C2 C1 C6 120.080 C2 C1 C7 120.172
C2 C3 C4 119.952 C2 C3 H11 120.080
C3 C2 H10 121.507 C3 C4 C5 120.410
C3 C4 H12 119.794 C4 C3 H11 119.968
C4 C5 C6 119.659 C4 C5 H13 120.152
C5 C4 H12 119.796 C5 C6 H14 120.262
C6 C1 C7 119.748 C6 C5 H13 120.189
O8 C7 H9 120.647
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.045      
2 C -0.180      
3 C -0.170      
4 C -0.155      
5 C -0.171      
6 C -0.202      
7 C 0.204      
8 O -0.413      
9 H 0.129      
10 H 0.202      
11 H 0.179      
12 H 0.178      
13 H 0.177      
14 H 0.176      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.266 -2.350 0.000 3.264
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.490 6.102 0.000
y 6.102 -45.542 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.037
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.299 6.102 0.000
y 6.102 0.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.521
Polar
3z2-r2-7.042
x2-y22.052
xy6.102
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.373 -1.032 0.000
y -1.032 14.449 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.865


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.565
(<r2>)1/2 16.142