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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.521297
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.521297
Nuclear repulsion energy321.662445
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 B3PW91/6-311G**
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' 3206 3087 8.99 231.61 0.13 0.23
2 A' 3200 3081 11.73 83.25 0.17 0.29
3 A' 3190 3072 11.72 85.88 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3178 3061 1.23 85.27 0.70 0.83
5 A' 3167 3050 4.33 47.12 0.44 0.61
6 A' 2888 2781 131.39 148.97 0.29 0.45
7 A' 1800 1734 254.59 77.15 0.37 0.54
8 A' 1656 1595 29.04 78.30 0.52 0.68
9 A' 1639 1579 11.68 8.52 0.52 0.69
10 A' 1523 1466 0.62 1.32 0.29 0.44
11 A' 1487 1432 13.90 1.45 0.27 0.43
12 A' 1417 1364 8.38 2.86 0.64 0.78
13 A' 1372 1321 5.62 0.88 0.72 0.84
14 A' 1332 1283 15.97 1.60 0.46 0.63
15 A' 1230 1185 60.76 23.82 0.25 0.40
16 A' 1185 1141 17.01 6.28 0.15 0.26
17 A' 1182 1138 4.87 7.38 0.61 0.76
18 A' 1102 1061 6.52 0.64 0.21 0.35
19 A' 1047 1008 2.63 12.43 0.09 0.17
20 A' 1017 979 0.41 25.54 0.09 0.16
21 A' 841 810 32.87 9.91 0.15 0.25
22 A' 662 637 23.91 3.13 0.35 0.52
23 A' 627 604 0.50 5.80 0.75 0.86
24 A' 441 425 0.20 5.71 0.35 0.52
25 A' 216 208 7.82 0.64 0.53 0.70
26 A" 1039 1000 0.57 4.50 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1016 979 0.01 0.16 0.75 0.86
28 A" 998 961 0.04 0.13 0.75 0.86
29 A" 943 908 1.40 0.15 0.75 0.86
30 A" 867 835 0.04 0.77 0.75 0.86
31 A" 764 736 48.22 0.23 0.75 0.86
32 A" 707 681 34.52 0.06 0.75 0.86
33 A" 467 449 8.05 0.24 0.75 0.86
34 A" 416 400 0.06 0.01 0.75 0.86
35 A" 240 231 8.24 1.08 0.75 0.86
36 A" 123 118 3.68 2.14 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24089.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23201.0 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 B3PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.17570 0.05237 0.04035

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.573 0.000
C2 -1.036 -0.366 0.000
C3 -0.742 -1.720 0.000
C4 0.588 -2.144 0.000
C5 1.623 -1.215 0.000
C6 1.328 0.144 0.000
C7 -0.304 2.019 0.000
O8 -1.416 2.489 0.000
H9 0.592 2.678 0.000
H10 -2.060 -0.006 0.000
H11 -1.543 -2.451 0.000
H12 0.815 -3.205 0.000
H13 2.655 -1.549 0.000
H14 2.128 0.879 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39812.40962.77962.41421.39591.47802.38312.18722.13933.39493.86493.39882.1502
C21.39811.38592.40842.79182.41902.49472.88023.45231.08472.14623.39003.87663.4008
C32.40961.38591.39532.41832.78533.76454.26304.59592.16241.08502.15183.40103.8720
C42.77962.40841.39531.39172.40474.25765.04824.82223.40312.15271.08532.15133.3934
C52.41422.79182.41831.39171.38973.76434.79134.02673.87623.39932.14861.08482.1538
C61.39592.41902.78532.40471.38972.48643.61042.63923.39133.87023.38802.15081.0868
C71.47802.49473.76454.25763.76432.48641.20751.11272.67984.63885.34294.63572.6860
O82.38312.88024.26305.04824.79133.61041.20752.01752.57664.94226.11625.73463.8930
H92.18723.45234.59594.82224.02672.63921.11272.01753.77315.55625.88764.70382.3652
H102.13931.08472.16243.40313.87623.39132.67982.57663.77312.49964.30154.96104.2804
H113.39492.14621.08502.15273.39933.87024.63884.94225.55622.49962.47594.29394.9570
H123.86493.39002.15181.08532.14863.38805.34296.11625.88764.30152.47592.47534.2905
H133.39883.87663.40102.15131.08482.15084.63575.73464.70384.96104.29392.47532.4852
H142.15023.40083.87203.39342.15381.08682.68603.89302.36524.28044.95704.29052.4852

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.875 C1 C2 H10 118.458
C1 C6 C5 120.153 C1 C6 H14 119.491
C1 C7 O8 124.794 C1 C7 H9 114.449
C2 C1 C6 119.944 C2 C1 C7 120.283
C2 C3 C4 119.980 C2 C3 H11 120.102
C3 C2 H10 121.667 C3 C4 C5 120.387
C3 C4 H12 119.807 C4 C3 H11 119.918
C4 C5 C6 119.662 C4 C5 H13 120.103
C5 C4 H12 119.807 C5 C6 H14 120.356
C6 C1 C7 119.773 C6 C5 H13 120.235
O8 C7 H9 120.758
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.221      
2 C -0.023      
3 C -0.107      
4 C -0.082      
5 C -0.107      
6 C -0.055      
7 C 0.246      
8 O -0.297      
9 H 0.073      
10 H 0.122      
11 H 0.115      
12 H 0.115      
13 H 0.112      
14 H 0.108      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.241 -2.402 0.000 3.285
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.968 6.061 0.000
y 6.061 -46.138 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.838
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.520 6.061 0.000
y 6.061 0.264 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.784
Polar
3z2-r2-7.569
x2-y22.170
xy6.061
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.983 -1.082 0.000
y -1.082 15.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.922


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.696
(<r2>)1/2 16.146