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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.496115
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.496115
Nuclear repulsion energy321.611134
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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' 3244 3087 8.43 207.15 0.11 0.20
2 A' 3238 3081 11.80 89.87 0.14 0.24
3 A' 3228 3071 11.87 83.27 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3216 3060 1.20 79.41 0.71 0.83
5 A' 3204 3049 4.54 47.51 0.42 0.59
6 A' 2934 2792 126.69 123.23 0.29 0.46
7 A' 1835 1746 236.85 79.14 0.34 0.51
8 A' 1683 1601 27.54 78.87 0.52 0.69
9 A' 1666 1585 10.86 8.96 0.55 0.71
10 A' 1544 1469 0.83 1.16 0.27 0.43
11 A' 1507 1434 13.15 1.12 0.28 0.43
12 A' 1439 1369 9.63 3.97 0.71 0.83
13 A' 1395 1327 6.00 0.96 0.69 0.82
14 A' 1344 1279 15.97 1.66 0.48 0.65
15 A' 1247 1186 61.03 23.89 0.26 0.41
16 A' 1198 1140 16.42 6.57 0.19 0.33
17 A' 1193 1135 3.30 8.90 0.68 0.81
18 A' 1114 1060 5.59 0.80 0.23 0.38
19 A' 1059 1008 1.87 12.63 0.11 0.20
20 A' 1023 973 0.20 21.20 0.10 0.18
21 A' 850 809 31.49 9.54 0.15 0.27
22 A' 664 632 23.79 2.84 0.37 0.54
23 A' 629 598 0.53 5.36 0.75 0.86
24 A' 444 423 0.18 5.35 0.36 0.53
25 A' 217 207 8.09 0.59 0.55 0.71
26 A" 1044 993 0.35 7.05 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1020 971 0.00 0.15 0.75 0.86
28 A" 999 951 0.09 0.01 0.75 0.86
29 A" 949 903 1.60 0.80 0.75 0.86
30 A" 875 832 0.04 4.61 0.75 0.86
31 A" 768 730 47.31 1.50 0.75 0.86
32 A" 708 674 21.30 0.17 0.75 0.86
33 A" 465 443 4.81 0.40 0.75 0.86
34 A" 419 399 0.13 0.03 0.75 0.86
35 A" 240 228 7.29 1.24 0.75 0.86
36 A" 125 119 4.27 2.36 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24361.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23180.4 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.17539 0.05244 0.04037

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.573 0.000
C2 -1.035 -0.367 0.000
C3 -0.737 -1.721 0.000
C4 0.594 -2.142 0.000
C5 1.628 -1.209 0.000
C6 1.330 0.149 0.000
C7 -0.310 2.017 0.000
O8 -1.429 2.480 0.000
H9 0.581 2.681 0.000
H10 -2.058 -0.008 0.000
H11 -1.536 -2.455 0.000
H12 0.825 -3.202 0.000
H13 2.661 -1.541 0.000
H14 2.128 0.887 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39842.40992.77912.41411.39631.47632.38252.18652.13903.39523.86413.39862.1506
C21.39841.38672.40912.79342.42082.49182.87393.45021.08452.14693.39043.87783.4022
C32.40991.38671.39572.41992.78723.76244.25764.59542.16371.08472.15173.40223.8738
C42.77912.40911.39571.39252.40564.25545.04484.82273.40412.15291.08502.15193.3944
C52.41412.79342.41991.39251.39013.76314.79104.02853.87743.40052.14881.08452.1544
C61.39632.42082.78722.40561.39012.48553.61202.64083.39223.87193.38852.15091.0866
C71.47632.49183.76244.25543.76312.48551.21151.11122.67574.63665.34044.63482.6864
O82.38252.87394.25765.04484.79103.61201.21152.02032.56634.93566.11225.73533.8971
H92.18653.45024.59544.82274.02852.64081.11122.02033.76835.55505.88804.70662.3688
H102.13901.08452.16373.40413.87743.39222.67572.56633.76832.50174.30264.96194.2807
H113.39522.14691.08472.15293.40053.87194.63664.93565.55502.50172.47594.29484.9584
H123.86413.39042.15171.08502.14883.38855.34046.11225.88804.30262.47592.47564.2912
H133.39863.87783.40222.15191.08452.15094.63485.73534.70664.96194.29482.47562.4858
H142.15063.40223.87383.39442.15441.08662.68643.89712.36884.28074.95844.29122.4858

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.826 C1 C2 H10 118.422
C1 C6 C5 120.090 C1 C6 H14 119.517
C1 C7 O8 124.567 C1 C7 H9 114.617
C2 C1 C6 120.045 C2 C1 C7 120.153
C2 C3 C4 119.953 C2 C3 H11 120.120
C3 C2 H10 121.752 C3 C4 C5 120.430
C3 C4 H12 119.787 C4 C3 H11 119.927
C4 C5 C6 119.656 C4 C5 H13 120.117
C5 C4 H12 119.783 C5 C6 H14 120.393
C6 C1 C7 119.802 C6 C5 H13 120.227
O8 C7 H9 120.817
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.006      
2 C -0.116      
3 C -0.131      
4 C -0.115      
5 C -0.132      
6 C -0.142      
7 C 0.264      
8 O -0.424      
9 H 0.091      
10 H 0.160      
11 H 0.139      
12 H 0.138      
13 H 0.138      
14 H 0.136      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.244 -2.398 0.000 3.285
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.430 6.002 0.000
y 6.002 -45.571 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -47.975
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.343 6.002 0.000
y 6.002 0.131 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.475
Polar
3z2-r2-6.949
x2-y22.141
xy6.002
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.461 -1.102 0.000
y -1.102 14.762 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.948


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.176
(<r2>)1/2 16.130