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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)=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 QCISD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.397888
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.913277
Nuclear repulsion energy69.247156
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(T)=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 3172 3172        
2 A 3121 3121        
3 A 3052 3052        
4 A 2935 2935        
5 A 1807 1807        
6 A 1515 1515        
7 A 1509 1509        
8 A 1453 1453        
9 A 1424 1424        
10 A 1153 1153        
11 A 1153 1153        
12 A 914 914        
13 A 789 789        
14 A 510 510        
15 A 144 144        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12325.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12325.4 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 QCISD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
1.87471 0.33505 0.30023

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.229 0.406 0.000
C2 -1.173 -0.150 0.000
O3 1.241 -0.279 -0.000
H4 0.302 1.517 0.000
H5 -1.138 -1.244 0.001
H6 -1.717 0.210 0.885
H7 -1.717 0.209 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50811.22161.11312.14242.14692.1469
C21.50812.41742.22551.09451.09921.0992
O31.22162.41742.02572.56723.12613.1256
H41.11312.22552.02573.11342.56272.5632
H52.14241.09452.56723.11341.79731.7973
H62.14691.09923.12612.56271.79731.7699
H72.14691.09923.12562.56321.79731.7699

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.784 C1 C2 H6 109.860
C1 C2 H7 109.860 C2 C1 O3 124.307
C2 C1 H4 115.384 O3 C1 H4 120.309
H5 C2 H6 110.030 H5 C2 H7 110.030
H6 C2 H7 107.241
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability