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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/TZVP

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.482812
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.970278
Nuclear repulsion energy69.633786
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/TZVP
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' 3182 3039 11.83      
2 A' 3064 2927 4.45      
3 A' 2960 2828 115.06      
4 A' 1812 1731 147.90      
5 A' 1495 1429 17.50      
6 A' 1465 1399 9.71      
7 A' 1419 1356 13.63      
8 A' 1154 1102 22.72      
9 A' 905 865 6.59      
10 A' 519 495 13.47      
11 A" 3133 2993 11.87      
12 A" 1494 1427 9.34      
13 A" 1153 1101 0.02      
14 A" 792 756 0.09      
15 A" 152 145 1.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12348.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11796.4 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 QCISD/TZVP
ABC
1.89935 0.33789 0.30300

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.464 0.000
C2 -0.938 -0.714 0.000
O3 1.207 0.378 0.000
H4 -0.488 1.457 0.000
H5 -0.376 -1.647 0.000
H6 -1.583 -0.665 0.881
H7 -1.583 -0.665 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50571.21011.10652.14392.13492.1349
C21.50572.40712.21751.08881.09341.0934
O31.21012.40712.00882.57063.10663.1066
H41.10652.21752.00883.10602.54582.5458
H52.14391.08882.57063.10601.78811.7881
H62.13491.09343.10662.54581.78811.7625
H72.13491.09343.10662.54581.78811.7625

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.418 C1 C2 H6 109.423
C1 C2 H7 109.423 C2 C1 O3 124.472
C2 C1 H4 115.336 O3 C1 H4 120.192
H5 C2 H6 110.056 H5 C2 H7 110.056
H6 C2 H7 107.408
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability