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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/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(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.465288
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.937108
Nuclear repulsion energy68.950665
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(T)/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 3143 3143        
2 A 3091 3091        
3 A 3017 3017        
4 A 2917 2917        
5 A 1754 1754        
6 A 1452 1452        
7 A 1443 1443        
8 A 1403 1403        
9 A 1360 1360        
10 A 1121 1121        
11 A 1109 1109        
12 A 889 889        
13 A 760 760        
14 A 496 496        
15 A 151 151        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12052.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12052.7 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(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.85723 0.33210 0.29761

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.232 0.405 -0.000
C2 -1.179 -0.151 -0.000
O3 1.246 -0.280 0.000
H4 0.311 1.522 -0.000
H5 -1.160 -1.252 -0.001
H6 -1.718 0.222 0.891
H7 -1.719 0.225 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51631.22401.11952.16482.15132.1513
C21.51632.42792.24031.10121.10631.1063
O31.22402.42792.03042.59513.13523.1359
H41.11952.24032.03043.14042.56872.5678
H52.16481.10122.59513.14041.81161.8116
H62.15131.10633.13522.56871.81161.7803
H72.15131.10633.13592.56781.81161.7803

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.586 C1 C2 H6 109.225
C1 C2 H7 109.225 C2 C1 O3 124.396
C2 C1 H4 115.588 O3 C1 H4 120.016
H5 C2 H6 110.297 H5 C2 H7 110.297
H6 C2 H7 107.137
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability