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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.602576
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.975593
Nuclear repulsion energy69.406639
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3152 3068        
2 A 3103 3020        
3 A 3031 2950        
4 A 2904 2826        
5 A 1730 1684        
6 A 1483 1443        
7 A 1470 1431        
8 A 1408 1370        
9 A 1383 1346        
10 A 1131 1101        
11 A 1123 1093        
12 A 890 866        
13 A 769 748        
14 A 498 484        
15 A 144 140        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12109.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9732) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11784.5 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.88933 0.33605 0.30123

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.228 0.403 0.000
C2 -1.171 -0.151 0.000
O3 1.240 -0.277 -0.000
H4 0.302 1.510 0.000
H5 -1.152 -1.240 0.001
H6 -1.706 0.219 0.880
H7 -1.706 0.217 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50511.21951.10922.14642.13322.1332
C21.50512.41462.22001.08941.09431.0943
O31.21952.41462.01862.57903.11493.1142
H41.10922.22002.01863.11102.54422.5450
H52.14641.08942.57903.11101.79131.7913
H62.13321.09433.11492.54421.79131.7607
H72.13321.09433.11422.54501.79131.7607

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.612 C1 C2 H6 109.281
C1 C2 H7 109.281 C2 C1 O3 124.474
C2 C1 H4 115.411 O3 C1 H4 120.116
H5 C2 H6 110.233 H5 C2 H7 110.233
H6 C2 H7 107.126
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability