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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.465145
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.935686
Nuclear repulsion energy68.812179
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 MP4/6-31G*
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' 3180 3106        
2 A' 3058 2987        
3 A' 2930 2862        
4 A' 1768 1728        
5 A' 1510 1475        
6 A' 1444 1410        
7 A' 1421 1389        
8 A' 1152 1125        
9 A' 910 889        
10 A' 507 495        
11 A" 3131 3059        
12 A" 1517 1482        
13 A" 1150 1123        
14 A" 785 767        
15 A" 144 141        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12302.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12018.3 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.85316 0.33079 0.29646

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.229 0.406 0.000
C2 -1.180 -0.152 0.000
O3 1.250 -0.280 -0.000
H4 0.306 1.525 0.000
H5 -1.160 -1.254 0.001
H6 -1.720 0.222 0.890
H7 -1.720 0.221 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51621.22961.12122.16472.15122.1512
C21.51622.43342.24081.10181.10651.1065
O31.22962.43342.03672.59903.14123.1408
H41.12122.24082.03673.14162.56792.5683
H52.16471.10182.59903.14161.81251.8125
H62.15121.10653.14122.56791.81251.7807
H72.15121.10653.14082.56831.81251.7807

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.549 C1 C2 H6 109.217
C1 C2 H7 109.217 C2 C1 O3 124.472
C2 C1 H4 115.523 O3 C1 H4 120.005
H5 C2 H6 110.316 H5 C2 H7 110.316
H6 C2 H7 107.153
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability