return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP4/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP4/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.594431
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.979839
Nuclear repulsion energy69.472950
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 MP4/Def2TZVPP
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        
2 A 3112 3112        
3 A 3040 3040        
4 A 2910 2910        
5 A 1742 1742        
6 A 1480 1480        
7 A 1467 1467        
8 A 1420 1420        
9 A 1382 1382        
10 A 1131 1131        
11 A 1127 1127        
12 A 889 889        
13 A 771 771        
14 A 499 499        
15 A 152 152        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12141.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12141.6 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 MP4/Def2TZVPP
ABC
1.89381 0.33647 0.30165

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.229 0.403 0.000
C2 -1.171 -0.150 0.000
O3 1.239 -0.277 0.000
H4 0.302 1.508 0.000
H5 -1.150 -1.239 0.000
H6 -1.706 0.218 0.879
H7 -1.706 0.218 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50561.21691.10832.14412.13382.1338
C21.50562.41302.21851.08851.09321.0932
O31.21692.41302.01652.57523.11283.1128
H41.10832.21852.01653.10742.54392.5439
H52.14411.08852.57523.10741.78981.7898
H62.13381.09323.11282.54391.78981.7588
H72.13381.09323.11282.54391.78981.7588

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.458 C1 C2 H6 109.361
C1 C2 H7 109.361 C2 C1 O3 124.491
C2 C1 H4 115.304 O3 C1 H4 120.205
H5 C2 H6 110.243 H5 C2 H7 110.243
H6 C2 H7 107.107
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability