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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/Sadlej_pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/Sadlej_pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.475048
Energy at 298.15K-153.478951
HF Energy-152.956604
Nuclear repulsion energy69.210714
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 MP2=FULL/Sadlej_pVTZ
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' 3192 3192 5.33      
2 A' 3049 3049 1.90      
3 A' 2923 2923 107.98      
4 A' 1767 1767 134.23      
5 A' 1451 1451 20.60      
6 A' 1410 1410 11.72      
7 A' 1369 1369 16.68      
8 A' 1127 1127 20.09      
9 A' 902 902 5.11      
10 A' 505 505 13.00      
11 A" 3144 3144 4.17      
12 A" 1464 1464 9.47      
13 A" 1124 1124 0.00      
14 A" 772 772 1.18      
15 A" 147 147 1.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12172.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12172.5 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 MP2=FULL/Sadlej_pVTZ
ABC
1.86632 0.33565 0.30056

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/Sadlej_pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.464 0.000
C2 -0.946 -0.705 0.000
O3 1.218 0.365 0.000
H4 -0.480 1.477 0.000
H5 -0.391 -1.653 0.000
H6 -1.601 -0.647 0.887
H7 -1.601 -0.647 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50351.22241.12132.15262.14052.1405
C21.50352.41432.23151.09871.10391.1039
O31.22242.41432.02992.58113.12383.1238
H41.12132.23152.02993.13172.56012.5601
H52.15261.09872.58113.13171.80661.8066
H62.14051.10393.12382.56011.80661.7733
H72.14051.10393.12382.56011.80661.7733

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.669 C1 C2 H6 109.400
C1 C2 H7 109.400 C2 C1 O3 124.349
C2 C1 H4 115.694 O3 C1 H4 119.956
H5 C2 H6 110.211 H5 C2 H7 110.211
H6 C2 H7 106.867
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability