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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.405593
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.920748
Nuclear repulsion energy69.452387
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 QCISD/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' 3232 3043 10.65      
2 A' 3106 2924 3.89      
3 A' 2995 2820 120.35      
4 A' 1835 1727 124.52      
5 A' 1524 1434 13.37      
6 A' 1470 1384 12.60      
7 A' 1437 1353 9.83      
8 A' 1162 1093 22.03      
9 A' 919 865 5.28      
10 A' 512 482 14.43      
11 A" 3181 2995 11.86      
12 A" 1532 1442 7.51      
13 A" 1165 1097 0.46      
14 A" 797 751 0.20      
15 A" 145 136 0.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12505.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11773.0 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
1.89005 0.33636 0.30147

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.466 0.000
C2 -0.945 -0.709 0.000
O3 1.214 0.370 0.000
H4 -0.485 1.460 0.000
H5 -0.382 -1.639 0.000
H6 -1.590 -0.662 0.880
H7 -1.590 -0.662 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50721.21821.10592.13892.13872.1387
C21.50722.41352.21641.08741.09201.0920
O31.21822.41352.01882.56553.11503.1150
H41.10592.21642.01883.10012.54872.5487
H52.13891.08742.56553.10011.78571.7857
H62.13871.09203.11502.54871.78571.7592
H72.13871.09203.11502.54871.78571.7592

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.995 C1 C2 H6 109.702
C1 C2 H7 109.702 C2 C1 O3 124.298
C2 C1 H4 115.169 O3 C1 H4 120.532
H5 C2 H6 110.041 H5 C2 H7 110.041
H6 C2 H7 107.317
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability