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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD/daug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.447061
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.938016
Nuclear repulsion energy69.167623
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 CCSD/daug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3161 3161 10.73      
2 A' 3038 3038 4.50      
3 A' 2948 2948 99.65      
4 A' 1803 1803 156.22      
5 A' 1456 1456 18.38      
6 A' 1422 1422 10.58      
7 A' 1378 1378 11.81      
8 A' 1135 1135 20.69      
9 A' 902 902 4.51      
10 A' 505 505 14.08      
11 A" 3110 3110 10.51      
12 A" 1465 1465 7.99      
13 A" 1129 1129 0.01      
14 A" 773 773 0.81      
15 A" 159 159 1.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12191.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12191.2 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 CCSD/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.86808 0.33408 0.29943

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.466 0.000
C2 -0.943 -0.718 0.000
O3 1.215 0.379 0.000
H4 -0.488 1.471 0.000
H5 -0.379 -1.662 0.000
H6 -1.596 -0.663 0.889
H7 -1.596 -0.663 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51351.21771.11702.16162.14802.1480
C21.51352.42002.23541.09951.10461.1046
O31.21772.42002.02282.58933.12693.1269
H41.11702.23542.02283.13472.56372.5637
H52.16161.09952.58933.13471.80801.8080
H62.14801.10463.12692.56371.80801.7775
H72.14801.10463.12692.56371.80801.7775

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.634 C1 C2 H6 109.268
C1 C2 H7 109.268 C2 C1 O3 124.416
C2 C1 H4 115.557 O3 C1 H4 120.026
H5 C2 H6 110.226 H5 C2 H7 110.226
H6 C2 H7 107.144
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability