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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-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 MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-58.087875
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-57.432601
Nuclear repulsion energy157.032747
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 MP2/CEP-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' 3201 3093 19.95      
2 A' 3189 3082 33.78      
3 A' 3173 3066 36.67      
4 A' 3155 3049 4.73      
5 A' 3144 3038 1.56      
6 A' 2986 2885 116.76      
7 A' 1616 1562 23.28      
8 A' 1604 1550 7.87      
9 A' 1563 1510 89.88      
10 A' 1500 1449 2.88      
11 A' 1457 1408 16.47      
12 A' 1405 1358 4.07      
13 A' 1386 1339 0.19      
14 A' 1342 1296 10.11      
15 A' 1227 1186 49.73      
16 A' 1204 1164 5.02      
17 A' 1191 1150 0.68      
18 A' 1089 1053 4.65      
19 A' 1027 993 3.62      
20 A' 992 959 0.92      
21 A' 814 786 26.00      
22 A' 636 614 20.75      
23 A' 612 592 1.27      
24 A' 429 414 0.12      
25 A' 208 201 9.13      
26 A" 952 920 9.76      
27 A" 915 884 0.00      
28 A" 886 856 0.63      
29 A" 882 852 0.86      
30 A" 843 815 0.01      
31 A" 735 710 127.96      
32 A" 624 603 2.36      
33 A" 454 439 10.80      
34 A" 402 388 0.12      
35 A" 233 225 11.83      
36 A" 117 113 7.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23594.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22799.5 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 MP2/CEP-31G
ABC
0.16394 0.04901 0.03773

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.589 0.000
C2 -1.078 -0.375 0.000
C3 -0.769 -1.778 0.000
C4 0.607 -2.220 0.000
C5 1.678 -1.256 0.000
C6 1.376 0.152 0.000
C7 -0.293 2.076 0.000
O8 -1.472 2.582 0.000
H9 0.600 2.749 0.000
H10 -2.117 -0.017 0.000
H11 -1.583 -2.519 0.000
H12 0.837 -3.297 0.000
H13 2.725 -1.595 0.000
H14 2.189 0.895 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44652.48882.87442.49421.44421.51522.47782.24132.20213.48793.97523.49262.2099
C21.44651.43642.49902.89392.51052.57362.98333.54581.09852.20243.49373.99433.5051
C32.48881.43641.44552.50262.88573.88304.41634.72902.21711.10062.21093.49923.9868
C42.87442.49901.44551.44182.49404.38955.23334.96933.50322.21001.10082.20883.4944
C52.49422.89392.50261.44181.43973.87114.96564.14753.99223.49732.20751.10042.2110
C61.44422.51052.88572.49401.43972.54723.74452.71073.49743.98623.49052.20701.1012
C71.51522.57363.88304.38953.87112.54721.28351.11762.77654.77235.49024.75232.7478
O82.47782.98334.41635.23334.96563.74451.28352.07842.67835.10226.31645.92184.0307
H92.24133.54584.72904.96934.14752.71071.11762.07843.87695.70186.05034.83622.4414
H102.20211.09852.21713.50323.99223.49742.77652.67833.87692.55784.41385.09274.4012
H113.48792.20241.10062.21003.49733.98624.77235.10225.70182.55782.54224.40615.0874
H123.97523.49372.21091.10082.20753.49055.49026.31646.05034.41382.54222.54174.4047
H133.49263.99433.49922.20881.10042.20704.75235.92184.83625.09274.40612.54172.5477
H142.20993.50513.98683.49442.21101.10122.74784.03072.44144.40125.08744.40472.5477

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.382 C1 C2 H10 119.195
C1 C6 C5 119.737 C1 C6 H14 119.896
C1 C7 O8 124.375 C1 C7 H9 115.885
C2 C1 C6 120.567 C2 C1 C7 120.664
C2 C3 C4 120.255 C2 C3 H11 119.897
C3 C2 H10 121.423 C3 C4 C5 120.173
C3 C4 H12 119.915 C4 C3 H11 119.847
C4 C5 C6 119.885 C4 C5 H13 120.051
C5 C4 H12 119.911 C5 C6 H14 120.367
C6 C1 C7 118.770 C6 C5 H13 120.063
O8 C7 H9 119.740
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability