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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-343.511219
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-343.511219
Nuclear repulsion energy323.471896
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 HF/6-311G**
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' 3365 3057 5.70 127.65 0.17 0.30
2 A' 3352 3045 19.75 161.58 0.14 0.24
3 A' 3340 3034 22.71 66.67 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3326 3022 4.31 96.53 0.69 0.82
5 A' 3317 3014 4.68 38.55 0.53 0.69
6 A' 3107 2823 110.10 117.26 0.30 0.46
7 A' 1986 1804 356.44 72.66 0.35 0.52
8 A' 1791 1627 22.04 73.07 0.55 0.71
9 A' 1770 1608 9.18 6.43 0.64 0.78
10 A' 1648 1498 0.69 0.60 0.35 0.52
11 A' 1603 1457 11.60 0.78 0.25 0.40
12 A' 1540 1399 18.34 2.25 0.73 0.85
13 A' 1450 1317 16.74 1.62 0.56 0.72
14 A' 1340 1218 15.47 1.64 0.23 0.37
15 A' 1308 1188 44.99 20.23 0.26 0.41
16 A' 1276 1159 20.10 9.36 0.18 0.31
17 A' 1215 1103 7.93 7.13 0.68 0.81
18 A' 1165 1059 0.54 0.61 0.72 0.84
19 A' 1114 1012 0.91 6.12 0.09 0.17
20 A' 1083 984 0.54 33.04 0.09 0.16
21 A' 889 808 39.29 10.72 0.14 0.25
22 A' 706 641 33.49 2.54 0.35 0.52
23 A' 673 612 0.92 6.14 0.75 0.86
24 A' 471 428 0.10 4.35 0.32 0.48
25 A' 239 217 9.73 0.83 0.55 0.71
26 A" 1150 1045 0.01 6.13 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1126 1023 0.00 0.04 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1110 1008 0.10 0.21 0.75 0.86
29 A" 1046 950 2.17 0.13 0.75 0.86
30 A" 956 868 0.02 0.13 0.75 0.86
31 A" 836 760 62.65 0.04 0.75 0.86
32 A" 761 691 31.57 0.14 0.75 0.86
33 A" 509 462 9.11 0.13 0.75 0.86
34 A" 457 415 0.10 0.02 0.75 0.86
35 A" 254 231 11.11 1.55 0.75 0.86
36 A" 127 115 7.09 1.62 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25702.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23350.4 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.17791 0.05278 0.04071

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.568 0.000
C2 -1.033 -0.364 0.000
C3 -0.742 -1.713 0.000
C4 0.581 -2.137 0.000
C5 1.612 -1.215 0.000
C6 1.318 0.139 0.000
C7 -0.302 2.021 0.000
O8 -1.393 2.482 0.000
H9 0.579 2.674 0.000
H10 -2.049 -0.015 0.000
H11 -1.538 -2.436 0.000
H12 0.804 -3.189 0.000
H13 2.634 -1.546 0.000
H14 2.116 0.862 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39122.39842.76642.40291.38621.48482.36772.18462.13003.37423.84203.37732.1367
C21.39121.37982.39732.77802.40472.49492.86893.43961.07402.13213.36993.85293.3797
C32.39841.37981.38932.40612.77083.76014.24524.58182.14241.07502.13813.38063.8474
C42.76642.39731.38931.38352.39304.25125.02334.81123.37892.13971.07562.13693.3696
C52.40292.77802.40611.38351.38533.75954.76394.02333.85193.37822.13321.07492.1372
C61.38622.40472.77082.39301.38532.48363.58352.64033.37063.84583.36792.13801.0767
C71.48482.49493.76014.25123.75952.48361.18431.09692.68274.62515.32674.62032.6820
O82.36772.86894.24525.02334.76393.58351.18431.98192.58174.91986.08215.69603.8654
H92.18463.43964.58184.81124.02332.64031.09691.98193.76005.53105.86764.69372.3760
H102.13001.07402.14243.37893.85193.37062.68272.58173.76002.47384.26794.92684.2564
H113.37422.13211.07502.13973.37823.84584.62514.91985.53102.47382.46084.26624.9225
H123.84203.36992.13811.07562.13323.36795.32676.08215.86764.26792.46082.45944.2585
H133.37733.85293.38062.13691.07492.13804.62035.69604.69374.92684.26622.45942.4631
H142.13673.37973.84743.36962.13721.07672.68203.86542.37604.25644.92254.25852.4631

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.889 C1 C2 H10 118.977
C1 C6 C5 120.223 C1 C6 H14 119.826
C1 C7 O8 124.638 C1 C7 H9 114.773
C2 C1 C6 119.947 C2 C1 C7 120.308
C2 C3 C4 119.942 C2 C3 H11 120.074
C3 C2 H10 121.134 C3 C4 C5 120.398
C3 C4 H12 119.785 C4 C3 H11 119.984
C4 C5 C6 119.601 C4 C5 H13 120.223
C5 C4 H12 119.817 C5 C6 H14 119.951
C6 C1 C7 119.745 C6 C5 H13 120.176
O8 C7 H9 120.588
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.239      
2 C -0.036      
3 C -0.088      
4 C -0.080      
5 C -0.091      
6 C -0.070      
7 C 0.388      
8 O -0.393      
9 H 0.065      
10 H 0.122      
11 H 0.108      
12 H 0.107      
13 H 0.105      
14 H 0.101      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.505 -2.328 0.000 3.420
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.777 6.985 0.000
y 6.985 -46.799 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.758
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.502 6.985 0.000
y 6.985 0.468 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.970
Polar
3z2-r2-7.941
x2-y22.022
xy6.985
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.312 -0.922 0.000
y -0.922 13.838 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.867


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 259.103
(<r2>)1/2 16.097