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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.373370
Energy at 298.15K-153.377279
HF Energy-152.913670
Nuclear repulsion energy69.325552
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/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3187 3035 9.39      
2 A' 3068 2921 3.36      
3 A' 2963 2821 116.13      
4 A' 1830 1743 124.32      
5 A' 1516 1444 16.08      
6 A' 1463 1393 13.28      
7 A' 1434 1365 13.89      
8 A' 1161 1105 22.10      
9 A' 920 876 5.08      
10 A' 514 490 14.31      
11 A" 3136 2986 10.20      
12 A" 1521 1449 9.68      
13 A" 1164 1109 0.64      
14 A" 796 758 0.59      
15 A" 143 136 0.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12406.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11815.0 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
1.87912 0.33564 0.30080

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.466 0.000
C2 -0.941 -0.718 0.000
O3 1.212 0.383 0.000
H4 -0.503 1.459 0.000
H5 -0.367 -1.649 0.000
H6 -1.591 -0.679 0.884
H7 -1.591 -0.679 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51211.21511.11382.14602.15062.1506
C21.51212.41832.22091.09381.09851.0985
O31.21512.41832.02512.57303.12583.1258
H41.11382.22092.02513.11122.55732.5573
H52.14601.09382.57303.11121.79521.7952
H62.15061.09853.12582.55731.79521.7687
H72.15061.09853.12582.55731.79521.7687

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.836 C1 C2 H6 109.924
C1 C2 H7 109.924 C2 C1 O3 124.579
C2 C1 H4 114.668 O3 C1 H4 120.753
H5 C2 H6 109.943 H5 C2 H7 109.943
H6 C2 H7 107.233
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability