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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/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 MP4=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.398949
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.912763
Nuclear repulsion energy69.152457
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 MP4=FULL/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 3180 3058        
2 A 3131 3011        
3 A 3058 2940        
4 A 2926 2813        
5 A 1773 1705        
6 A 1517 1459        
7 A 1510 1452        
8 A 1446 1390        
9 A 1423 1369        
10 A 1152 1108        
11 A 1152 1108        
12 A 911 876        
13 A 788 757        
14 A 507 488        
15 A 142 137        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12307.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11834.7 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 MP4=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
1.87499 0.33391 0.29931

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.228 0.406 0.000
C2 -1.174 -0.151 0.000
O3 1.245 -0.278 -0.000
H4 0.295 1.518 0.000
H5 -1.139 -1.244 0.001
H6 -1.718 0.209 0.884
H7 -1.718 0.208 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50801.22541.11422.14282.14622.1462
C21.50802.42212.22341.09441.09891.0989
O31.22542.42212.03112.57263.13013.1298
H41.11422.22342.03113.11282.55912.5596
H52.14281.09442.57263.11281.79691.7969
H62.14621.09893.13012.55911.79691.7692
H72.14621.09893.12982.55961.79691.7692

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.837 C1 C2 H6 109.841
C1 C2 H7 109.841 C2 C1 O3 124.451
C2 C1 H4 115.144 O3 C1 H4 120.405
H5 C2 H6 110.030 H5 C2 H7 110.030
H6 C2 H7 107.223
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability