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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.583126
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.972958
Nuclear repulsion energy69.619461
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 CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3155 3114        
2 A 3102 3062        
3 A 3034 2994        
4 A 2919 2881        
5 A 1791 1767        
6 A 1483 1464        
7 A 1474 1455        
8 A 1425 1407        
9 A 1389 1371        
10 A 1135 1120        
11 A 1130 1115        
12 A 896 884        
13 A 773 763        
14 A 505 498        
15 A 153 151        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12182.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9869) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12022.5 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 CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.89517 0.33809 0.30299

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.233 0.402 0.000
C2 -1.169 -0.149 0.000
O3 1.234 -0.279 -0.000
H4 0.312 1.507 0.000
H5 -1.154 -1.238 0.000
H6 -1.704 0.221 0.880
H7 -1.704 0.221 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50571.21021.10882.14682.13472.1347
C21.50572.40602.22161.08901.09411.0941
O31.21022.40602.00992.57273.10693.1068
H41.10882.22162.00993.11182.54792.5480
H52.14681.08902.57273.11181.79021.7902
H62.13471.09413.10692.54791.79021.7596
H72.13471.09413.10682.54801.79021.7596

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.634 C1 C2 H6 109.368
C1 C2 H7 109.368 C2 C1 O3 124.369
C2 C1 H4 115.533 O3 C1 H4 120.098
H5 C2 H6 110.172 H5 C2 H7 110.171
H6 C2 H7 107.053
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability