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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.168963
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.168963
Nuclear repulsion energy321.466755
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3244 3092 8.17 192.65 0.12 0.21
2 A' 3237 3085 12.87 98.47 0.14 0.24
3 A' 3227 3076 12.85 82.22 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3215 3064 1.18 78.50 0.71 0.83
5 A' 3203 3052 4.77 46.87 0.42 0.60
6 A' 2938 2801 128.98 120.28 0.30 0.46
7 A' 1839 1752 237.83 79.77 0.34 0.51
8 A' 1686 1607 27.69 78.16 0.52 0.69
9 A' 1670 1591 10.56 8.56 0.55 0.71
10 A' 1548 1476 0.79 1.14 0.27 0.43
11 A' 1510 1439 13.16 1.07 0.27 0.42
12 A' 1442 1374 9.77 4.16 0.71 0.83
13 A' 1399 1334 6.12 0.96 0.70 0.82
14 A' 1348 1285 15.85 1.64 0.49 0.66
15 A' 1250 1191 61.22 23.56 0.26 0.41
16 A' 1201 1145 16.98 6.66 0.20 0.33
17 A' 1196 1140 2.36 8.38 0.70 0.82
18 A' 1117 1065 5.41 0.72 0.24 0.39
19 A' 1062 1012 1.73 12.71 0.11 0.20
20 A' 1023 975 0.17 20.58 0.10 0.18
21 A' 851 811 30.74 9.43 0.16 0.27
22 A' 664 633 23.49 2.84 0.38 0.55
23 A' 628 599 0.52 5.35 0.75 0.86
24 A' 444 424 0.17 5.39 0.36 0.53
25 A' 218 208 7.87 0.59 0.55 0.71
26 A" 1042 993 0.36 7.16 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1016 968 0.01 0.15 0.75 0.86
28 A" 993 946 0.10 0.01 0.75 0.86
29 A" 946 901 1.71 0.79 0.75 0.86
30 A" 873 832 0.04 4.54 0.75 0.86
31 A" 766 730 49.16 1.49 0.75 0.86
32 A" 707 674 22.32 0.17 0.75 0.86
33 A" 465 443 4.74 0.42 0.75 0.86
34 A" 419 399 0.13 0.03 0.75 0.86
35 A" 240 228 7.31 1.24 0.75 0.86
36 A" 125 119 4.10 2.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24373.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23230.5 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.17524 0.05240 0.04034

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.573 0.000
C2 -1.036 -0.367 0.000
C3 -0.737 -1.722 0.000
C4 0.594 -2.142 0.000
C5 1.629 -1.210 0.000
C6 1.330 0.149 0.000
C7 -0.309 2.017 0.000
O8 -1.428 2.481 0.000
H9 0.583 2.682 0.000
H10 -2.061 -0.008 0.000
H11 -1.538 -2.456 0.000
H12 0.825 -3.205 0.000
H13 2.663 -1.542 0.000
H14 2.129 0.888 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39882.41072.78012.41501.39661.47632.38342.18802.14123.39773.86703.40122.1524
C21.39881.38732.41012.79452.42152.49202.87523.45211.08632.14903.39323.88093.4046
C32.41071.38731.39632.42092.78823.76314.25954.59772.16551.08662.15393.40513.8767
C42.78012.41011.39631.39312.40654.25635.04684.82493.40672.15521.08692.15423.3972
C52.41502.79452.42091.39311.39073.76394.79274.03023.88043.40352.15101.08642.1566
C61.39662.42152.78822.40651.39072.48583.61292.64193.39493.87483.39122.15301.0885
C71.47632.49203.76314.25633.76392.48581.21161.11282.67714.63895.34334.63722.6872
O82.38342.87524.25955.04684.79273.61291.21162.02102.56814.93886.11615.73853.8982
H92.18803.45214.59774.82494.03022.64191.11282.02103.77165.55915.89214.70932.3690
H102.14121.08632.16553.40673.88043.39492.67712.56813.77162.50374.30664.96694.2848
H113.39772.14901.08662.15523.40353.87484.63894.93885.55912.50372.47854.29944.9633
H123.86703.39322.15391.08692.15103.39125.34336.11615.89214.30662.47852.47844.2956
H133.40123.88093.40512.15421.08642.15304.63725.73854.70934.96694.29942.47842.4884
H142.15243.40463.87673.39722.15661.08852.68723.89822.36904.28484.96334.29562.4884

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 118.457
C1 C6 C5 120.093 C1 C6 H14 119.505
C1 C7 O8 124.633 C1 C7 H9 114.635
C2 C1 C6 120.056 C2 C1 C7 120.143
C2 C3 C4 119.948 C2 C3 H11 120.117
C3 C2 H10 121.717 C3 C4 C5 120.429
C3 C4 H12 119.786 C4 C3 H11 119.935
C4 C5 C6 119.648 C4 C5 H13 120.128
C5 C4 H12 119.785 C5 C6 H14 120.401
C6 C1 C7 119.801 C6 C5 H13 120.224
O8 C7 H9 120.732
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.030      
2 C -0.175      
3 C -0.173      
4 C -0.157      
5 C -0.174      
6 C -0.199      
7 C 0.198      
8 O -0.408      
9 H 0.131      
10 H 0.204      
11 H 0.182      
12 H 0.181      
13 H 0.180      
14 H 0.180      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.231 -2.408 0.000 3.283
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.441 5.950 0.000
y 5.950 -45.605 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.141
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.432 5.950 0.000
y 5.950 0.186 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.618
Polar
3z2-r2-7.235
x2-y22.164
xy5.950
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.402 -1.105 0.000
y -1.105 14.709 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.887


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.417
(<r2>)1/2 16.137