return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.740640
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.563150
Nuclear repulsion energy69.669035
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/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' 3170 3170 10.76 51.19 0.72 0.84
2 A' 3051 3051 2.78 144.52 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2904 2904 141.24 162.51 0.33 0.49
4 A' 1804 1804 152.60 7.57 0.72 0.84
5 A' 1476 1476 20.90 15.79 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1438 1438 12.03 7.40 0.52 0.68
7 A' 1390 1390 22.94 4.03 0.71 0.83
8 A' 1139 1139 24.49 2.32 0.30 0.46
9 A' 895 895 7.80 5.79 0.40 0.57
10 A' 510 510 13.58 1.66 0.49 0.65
11 A" 3116 3116 9.80 67.78 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1487 1487 11.28 9.56 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1143 1143 0.34 1.10 0.75 0.86
14 A" 784 784 0.60 5.62 0.75 0.86
15 A" 160 160 0.52 1.07 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12232.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12232.5 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
ABC
1.90331 0.33813 0.30322

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.463 0.000
C2 -0.934 -0.718 0.000
O3 1.205 0.383 0.000
H4 -0.499 1.455 0.000
H5 -0.367 -1.647 0.000
H6 -1.583 -0.672 0.879
H7 -1.583 -0.672 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50531.20751.11082.14182.13722.1372
C21.50532.40572.21561.08881.09401.0940
O31.20752.40572.01322.56813.10833.1083
H41.11082.21562.01323.10502.54392.5439
H52.14181.08882.56813.10501.78981.7898
H62.13721.09403.10832.54391.78981.7586
H72.13721.09403.10832.54391.78981.7586

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.274 C1 C2 H6 109.605
C1 C2 H7 109.605 C2 C1 O3 124.585
C2 C1 H4 114.924 O3 C1 H4 120.491
H5 C2 H6 110.159 H5 C2 H7 110.159
H6 C2 H7 106.979
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability