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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=FULL/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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.470681
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.936582
Nuclear repulsion energy68.992733
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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3151 3060        
2 A 3099 3010        
3 A 3025 2938        
4 A 2926 2842        
5 A 1756 1705        
6 A 1454 1413        
7 A 1445 1404        
8 A 1407 1367        
9 A 1363 1324        
10 A 1124 1092        
11 A 1111 1079        
12 A 892 867        
13 A 763 741        
14 A 498 484        
15 A 159 154        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12086.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9712) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11738.1 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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.85931 0.33259 0.29804

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.231 0.405 0.000
C2 -1.178 -0.151 0.000
O3 1.245 -0.280 -0.000
H4 0.311 1.521 0.000
H5 -1.158 -1.252 0.001
H6 -1.717 0.223 0.889
H7 -1.717 0.222 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51471.22371.11902.16212.14962.1496
C21.51472.42622.23921.10091.10571.1057
O31.22372.42622.02902.59183.13373.1334
H41.11902.23922.02903.13822.56732.5677
H52.16211.10092.59183.13821.81091.8109
H62.14961.10573.13372.56731.81091.7797
H72.14961.10573.13342.56771.81091.7797

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.501 C1 C2 H6 109.242
C1 C2 H7 109.242 C2 C1 O3 124.402
C2 C1 H4 115.650 O3 C1 H4 119.949
H5 C2 H6 110.305 H5 C2 H7 110.305
H6 C2 H7 107.174
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability