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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.461320
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.461320
Nuclear repulsion energy321.496771
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 wB97X-D/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' 3241 3241 10.11 222.51 0.11 0.20
2 A' 3234 3234 13.11 65.67 0.16 0.27
3 A' 3224 3224 12.54 82.32 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3212 3212 1.52 76.64 0.73 0.84
5 A' 3199 3199 5.33 48.65 0.43 0.60
6 A' 2927 2927 127.26 121.24 0.29 0.45
7 A' 1850 1850 237.10 72.43 0.34 0.51
8 A' 1693 1693 23.33 73.47 0.53 0.69
9 A' 1676 1676 9.82 8.49 0.58 0.73
10 A' 1550 1550 0.54 1.41 0.26 0.42
11 A' 1512 1512 12.33 0.91 0.27 0.43
12 A' 1445 1445 10.79 4.15 0.73 0.84
13 A' 1374 1374 5.64 1.35 0.70 0.82
14 A' 1349 1349 16.85 1.69 0.45 0.62
15 A' 1245 1245 58.00 25.01 0.27 0.43
16 A' 1205 1205 20.37 8.39 0.19 0.32
17 A' 1198 1198 1.44 8.64 0.73 0.84
18 A' 1119 1119 5.22 0.70 0.26 0.41
19 A' 1063 1063 1.70 11.77 0.11 0.20
20 A' 1027 1027 0.20 21.20 0.10 0.18
21 A' 851 851 33.97 9.21 0.17 0.28
22 A' 667 667 24.35 2.67 0.38 0.55
23 A' 634 634 0.48 5.34 0.75 0.86
24 A' 448 448 0.20 4.85 0.35 0.52
25 A' 226 226 8.22 0.62 0.55 0.71
26 A" 1048 1048 0.29 7.68 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1030 1030 0.00 0.37 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1009 1009 0.10 0.02 0.75 0.86
29 A" 957 957 1.52 0.93 0.75 0.86
30 A" 881 881 0.03 5.11 0.75 0.86
31 A" 772 772 46.89 1.59 0.75 0.86
32 A" 713 713 21.47 0.22 0.75 0.86
33 A" 468 468 4.86 0.37 0.75 0.86
34 A" 422 422 0.11 0.03 0.75 0.86
35 A" 239 239 7.51 1.39 0.75 0.86
36 A" 125 125 4.65 2.38 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24415.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24415.0 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 wB97X-D/6-31G**
ABC
0.17540 0.05237 0.04033

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.572 0.000
C2 -1.034 -0.368 0.000
C3 -0.735 -1.723 0.000
C4 0.595 -2.142 0.000
C5 1.629 -1.209 0.000
C6 1.330 0.149 0.000
C7 -0.311 2.020 0.000
O8 -1.430 2.481 0.000
H9 0.579 2.687 0.000
H10 -2.060 -0.012 0.000
H11 -1.535 -2.456 0.000
H12 0.827 -3.203 0.000
H13 2.662 -1.540 0.000
H14 2.129 0.887 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39762.40952.77872.41361.39541.48122.38512.19292.14073.39513.86433.39832.1518
C21.39761.38742.40932.79312.42012.49542.87583.45481.08522.14763.39133.87813.4028
C32.40951.38741.39542.41942.78703.76684.26034.60142.16341.08522.15193.40233.8744
C42.77872.40931.39541.39242.40594.25995.04724.82933.40412.15341.08562.15253.3948
C52.41362.79312.41941.39241.39063.76704.79304.03523.87793.40082.14921.08502.1545
C61.39542.42012.78702.40591.39062.48853.61322.64693.39313.87223.38942.15151.0874
C71.48122.49543.76684.25993.76702.48851.21071.11172.68104.64095.34554.63842.6898
O82.38512.87584.26035.04724.79303.61321.21072.01982.57064.93806.11525.73733.8996
H92.19293.45484.60144.82934.03522.64691.11172.01983.77435.56085.89524.71292.3755
H102.14071.08522.16343.40413.87793.39312.68102.57063.77432.50024.30264.96294.2835
H113.39512.14761.08522.15343.40083.87224.64094.93805.56082.50022.47674.29584.9596
H123.86433.39132.15191.08562.14923.38945.34556.11525.89524.30262.47672.47654.2919
H133.39833.87813.40232.15251.08502.15154.63845.73734.71294.96294.29582.47652.4851
H142.15183.40283.87443.39482.15451.08742.68983.89962.37554.28354.95964.29192.4851

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.804 C1 C2 H10 118.593
C1 C6 C5 120.068 C1 C6 H14 119.629
C1 C7 O8 124.455 C1 C7 H9 114.754
C2 C1 C6 120.099 C2 C1 C7 120.148
C2 C3 C4 119.950 C2 C3 H11 120.091
C3 C2 H10 121.603 C3 C4 C5 120.421
C3 C4 H12 119.790 C4 C3 H11 119.960
C4 C5 C6 119.658 C4 C5 H13 120.140
C5 C4 H12 119.788 C5 C6 H14 120.302
C6 C1 C7 119.753 C6 C5 H13 120.202
O8 C7 H9 120.791
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.004      
2 C -0.119      
3 C -0.127      
4 C -0.111      
5 C -0.128      
6 C -0.142      
7 C 0.269      
8 O -0.422      
9 H 0.087      
10 H 0.156      
11 H 0.135      
12 H 0.134      
13 H 0.133      
14 H 0.130      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.257 -2.323 0.000 3.239
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.591 6.083 0.000
y 6.083 -45.601 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -47.980
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.200 6.083 0.000
y 6.083 0.184 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.384
Polar
3z2-r2-6.768
x2-y22.010
xy6.083
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.449 -1.026 0.000
y -1.026 14.515 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.930


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.463
(<r2>)1/2 16.139