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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-343.552218
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-343.552218
Nuclear repulsion energy321.371499
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 wB97X-D/3-21G
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' 3255 3255 8.32 219.08 0.10 0.19
2 A' 3246 3246 4.68 22.63 0.34 0.51
3 A' 3236 3236 5.63 74.29 0.73 0.84
4 A' 3226 3226 0.65 63.38 0.73 0.84
5 A' 3211 3211 2.79 44.94 0.46 0.63
6 A' 2961 2961 121.98 110.97 0.29 0.46
7 A' 1765 1765 133.63 50.81 0.33 0.50
8 A' 1670 1670 19.85 69.35 0.53 0.70
9 A' 1652 1652 15.97 14.67 0.55 0.71
10 A' 1561 1561 0.63 1.20 0.22 0.36
11 A' 1527 1527 18.03 1.05 0.23 0.38
12 A' 1455 1455 2.35 4.52 0.70 0.82
13 A' 1389 1389 14.07 2.57 0.73 0.84
14 A' 1339 1339 5.60 0.62 0.36 0.53
15 A' 1258 1258 32.94 13.73 0.38 0.55
16 A' 1242 1242 3.87 5.85 0.59 0.75
17 A' 1234 1234 49.16 16.64 0.23 0.38
18 A' 1131 1131 6.32 0.43 0.50 0.67
19 A' 1073 1073 5.10 0.06 0.44 0.61
20 A' 1051 1051 0.15 33.02 0.12 0.21
21 A' 858 858 32.74 10.20 0.18 0.31
22 A' 685 685 23.69 2.66 0.42 0.59
23 A' 665 665 0.63 4.92 0.75 0.86
24 A' 456 456 0.03 5.03 0.34 0.51
25 A' 225 225 8.68 0.62 0.58 0.74
26 A" 1094 1094 1.74 7.67 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1072 1072 0.22 1.09 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1049 1049 0.12 0.01 0.75 0.86
29 A" 984 984 1.76 0.82 0.75 0.86
30 A" 903 903 0.12 5.20 0.75 0.86
31 A" 797 797 40.55 1.87 0.75 0.86
32 A" 743 743 63.57 0.49 0.75 0.86
33 A" 488 488 12.05 0.44 0.75 0.86
34 A" 436 436 0.00 0.04 0.75 0.86
35 A" 256 256 10.04 1.52 0.75 0.86
36 A" 140 140 2.41 2.75 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24664.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24664.8 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 wB97X-D/3-21G
ABC
0.17486 0.05249 0.04037

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.576 0.000
C2 -1.013 -0.384 0.000
C3 -0.688 -1.733 0.000
C4 0.652 -2.123 0.000
C5 1.665 -1.166 0.000
C6 1.339 0.187 0.000
C7 -0.371 2.006 0.000
O8 -1.527 2.422 0.000
H9 0.497 2.691 0.000
H10 -2.042 -0.045 0.000
H11 -1.470 -2.482 0.000
H12 0.907 -3.176 0.000
H13 2.703 -1.475 0.000
H14 2.120 0.940 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39562.40932.77672.40961.39401.47782.39652.17272.13433.39313.86023.39302.1510
C21.39561.38782.40822.79042.42012.47512.85303.42571.08342.14753.38913.87343.4015
C32.40931.38781.39612.42112.79183.75294.23944.58002.16451.08302.15143.40133.8772
C42.77672.40821.39611.39412.40984.25445.04124.81663.40312.15271.08352.15103.3969
C52.40962.79042.42111.39411.39133.76924.80294.02963.87343.40092.14881.08292.1544
C61.39402.42012.79182.40981.39132.49653.63482.64173.38863.87473.39052.15021.0855
C71.47782.47513.75294.25443.76922.49651.22931.10532.64564.62125.33784.64412.7091
O82.39652.85304.23945.04124.80293.63481.22932.04222.51994.90496.10525.75213.9369
H92.17273.42574.58004.81664.02962.64171.10532.04223.73225.53455.88144.71382.3870
H102.13431.08342.16453.40313.87343.38862.64562.51993.73222.50394.30214.95634.2769
H113.39312.14751.08302.15273.40093.87474.62124.90495.53452.50392.47704.29344.9601
H123.86023.38912.15141.08352.14883.39055.33786.10525.88144.30212.47702.47384.2914
H133.39303.87343.40132.15101.08292.15024.64415.75214.71384.95634.29342.47382.4846
H142.15103.40153.87723.39692.15441.08552.70913.93692.38704.27694.96014.29142.4846

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.897 C1 C2 H10 118.297
C1 C6 C5 119.791 C1 C6 H14 119.833
C1 C7 O8 124.312 C1 C7 H9 113.738
C2 C1 C6 120.352 C2 C1 C7 118.915
C2 C3 C4 119.773 C2 C3 H11 120.215
C3 C2 H10 121.806 C3 C4 C5 120.388
C3 C4 H12 119.846 C4 C3 H11 120.012
C4 C5 C6 119.800 C4 C5 H13 120.023
C5 C4 H12 119.767 C5 C6 H14 120.377
C6 C1 C7 120.733 C6 C5 H13 120.177
O8 C7 H9 121.949
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.139      
2 C -0.187      
3 C -0.218      
4 C -0.208      
5 C -0.215      
6 C -0.217      
7 C 0.277      
8 O -0.446      
9 H 0.184      
10 H 0.252      
11 H 0.231      
12 H 0.231      
13 H 0.229      
14 H 0.227      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.286 -2.117 0.000 3.115
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.786 6.040 0.000
y 6.040 -44.741 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.548
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.359 6.040 0.000
y 6.040 1.926 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.285
Polar
3z2-r2-10.570
x2-y20.955
xy6.040
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 11.697 -1.023 0.000
y -1.023 13.379 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.829


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.340
(<r2>)1/2 16.135