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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.596920
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.596920
Nuclear repulsion energy321.300857
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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3206 3094 7.26      
2 A' 3198 3086 14.23      
3 A' 3187 3076 14.57      
4 A' 3176 3064 1.31      
5 A' 3165 3054 4.49      
6 A' 2873 2773 125.32      
7 A' 1799 1736 228.13      
8 A' 1639 1582 25.44      
9 A' 1623 1566 10.76      
10 A' 1520 1467 0.40      
11 A' 1485 1433 11.77      
12 A' 1429 1379 9.92      
13 A' 1354 1306 4.43      
14 A' 1332 1285 16.89      
15 A' 1227 1184 53.03      
16 A' 1187 1146 19.74      
17 A' 1184 1142 6.44      
18 A' 1100 1062 3.96      
19 A' 1044 1007 1.33      
20 A' 1014 979 0.44      
21 A' 839 810 30.91      
22 A' 661 638 21.70      
23 A' 626 604 0.49      
24 A' 441 426 0.22      
25 A' 218 211 7.45      
26 A" 1047 1010 0.12      
27 A" 1004 969 0.08      
28 A" 976 941 0.19      
29 A" 942 909 1.21      
30 A" 876 845 0.03      
31 A" 773 746 35.52      
32 A" 710 685 17.24      
33 A" 470 454 3.40      
34 A" 418 403 0.11      
35 A" 241 232 5.52      
36 A" 124 119 3.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24053.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23212.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.17532 0.05224 0.04025

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.573 0.000
C2 -1.038 -0.367 0.000
C3 -0.743 -1.722 0.000
C4 0.588 -2.147 0.000
C5 1.625 -1.216 0.000
C6 1.329 0.143 0.000
C7 -0.304 2.021 0.000
O8 -1.417 2.494 0.000
H9 0.596 2.677 0.000
H10 -2.061 -0.007 0.000
H11 -1.544 -2.454 0.000
H12 0.816 -3.208 0.000
H13 2.657 -1.550 0.000
H14 2.128 0.880 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.40052.41312.78342.41711.39731.47942.38662.18632.14073.39823.86863.40112.1503
C21.40051.38732.41112.79502.42182.49832.88573.45471.08432.14743.39253.87963.4029
C32.41311.38731.39722.42142.78863.76934.26984.59862.16341.08482.15333.40423.8751
C42.78342.41111.39721.39352.40754.26285.05564.82403.40562.15441.08522.15323.3964
C52.41712.79502.42141.39351.39113.76844.79764.02643.87893.40232.15021.08462.1556
C61.39732.42182.78862.40751.39112.48903.61502.63743.39353.87343.39072.15161.0866
C71.47942.49833.76934.26283.76842.48901.20911.11382.68284.64355.34794.63902.6869
O82.38662.88574.26985.05564.79763.61501.20912.02162.58204.94916.12365.74013.8954
H92.18633.45474.59864.82404.02642.63741.11382.02163.77635.55915.88914.70232.3614
H102.14071.08432.16343.40563.87893.39352.68282.58203.77632.50094.30394.96354.2818
H113.39822.14741.08482.15443.40233.87344.64354.94915.55912.50092.47774.29724.9600
H123.86863.39252.15331.08522.15023.39075.34796.12365.88914.30392.47772.47774.2936
H133.40113.87963.40422.15321.08462.15164.63905.74014.70234.96354.29722.47772.4867
H142.15033.40293.87513.39642.15561.08662.68693.89542.36144.28184.96004.29362.4867

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.896 C1 C2 H10 118.423
C1 C6 C5 120.184 C1 C6 H14 119.399
C1 C7 O8 124.872 C1 C7 H9 114.198
C2 C1 C6 119.902 C2 C1 C7 120.311
C2 C3 C4 119.973 C2 C3 H11 120.102
C3 C2 H10 121.680 C3 C4 C5 120.378
C3 C4 H12 119.803 C4 C3 H11 119.925
C4 C5 C6 119.667 C4 C5 H13 120.139
C5 C4 H12 119.820 C5 C6 H14 120.417
C6 C1 C7 119.786 C6 C5 H13 120.194
O8 C7 H9 120.930
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.223      
2 C -0.178      
3 C -0.093      
4 C -0.107      
5 C -0.094      
6 C -0.195      
7 C 0.088      
8 O -0.267      
9 H 0.070      
10 H 0.127      
11 H 0.107      
12 H 0.108      
13 H 0.106      
14 H 0.105      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.150 -2.391 0.000 3.215
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.079 5.739 0.000
y 5.739 -46.345 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -47.494
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.841 5.739 0.000
y 5.739 -0.559 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.282
Polar
3z2-r2-4.565
x2-y22.266
xy5.739
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.718 -1.091 0.000
y -1.091 15.282 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.737


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 261.031
(<r2>)1/2 16.156