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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.560794
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.973490
Nuclear repulsion energy69.780859
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/6-311+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' 3171 3024 8.59      
2 A' 3052 2911 3.44      
3 A' 2947 2811 97.31      
4 A' 1823 1739 163.09      
5 A' 1488 1419 20.13      
6 A' 1441 1374 12.14      
7 A' 1406 1341 13.05      
8 A' 1148 1095 22.71      
9 A' 906 864 6.08      
10 A' 511 488 14.20      
11 A" 3119 2974 8.25      
12 A" 1496 1427 8.85      
13 A" 1148 1094 0.02      
14 A" 785 749 0.92      
15 A" 157 149 1.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12298.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9537) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11729.4 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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.90447 0.33948 0.30431

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.463 0.000
C2 -0.933 -0.716 0.000
O3 1.203 0.380 0.000
H4 -0.487 1.457 0.000
H5 -0.374 -1.648 0.000
H6 -1.581 -0.666 0.879
H7 -1.581 -0.666 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50361.20571.10662.14412.13222.1322
C21.50362.40062.21801.08751.09261.0926
O31.20572.40062.00372.56873.10073.1007
H41.10662.21802.00373.10722.54482.5448
H52.14411.08752.56873.10721.78711.7871
H62.13221.09263.10072.54481.78711.7573
H72.13221.09263.10072.54481.78711.7573

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.661 C1 C2 H6 109.408
C1 C2 H7 109.408 C2 C1 O3 124.409
C2 C1 H4 115.535 O3 C1 H4 120.056
H5 C2 H6 110.113 H5 C2 H7 110.113
H6 C2 H7 107.064
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability