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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.439091
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.439091
Nuclear repulsion energy321.243896
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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
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' 3241 3086 9.36 301.30 0.11 0.21
2 A' 3235 3081 8.63 35.18 0.31 0.47
3 A' 3227 3073 6.70 89.66 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3215 3062 1.22 75.79 0.74 0.85
5 A' 3202 3049 4.51 60.41 0.38 0.56
6 A' 2970 2828 104.25 138.43 0.30 0.47
7 A' 1848 1760 293.22 107.29 0.36 0.53
8 A' 1684 1603 23.49 84.65 0.57 0.73
9 A' 1669 1589 8.74 9.24 0.61 0.76
10 A' 1539 1466 0.92 1.44 0.45 0.62
11 A' 1500 1428 10.99 1.18 0.29 0.45
12 A' 1429 1361 11.15 2.83 0.68 0.81
13 A' 1359 1294 5.57 1.46 0.72 0.84
14 A' 1336 1272 16.46 1.60 0.34 0.51
15 A' 1240 1181 60.03 32.48 0.20 0.33
16 A' 1191 1134 15.15 8.88 0.17 0.29
17 A' 1180 1124 0.97 6.58 0.75 0.86
18 A' 1109 1056 4.73 0.86 0.11 0.20
19 A' 1056 1006 2.01 18.65 0.04 0.08
20 A' 1018 969 0.09 29.05 0.04 0.07
21 A' 844 804 34.41 11.73 0.09 0.16
22 A' 659 628 25.32 3.01 0.33 0.50
23 A' 625 595 0.54 5.66 0.75 0.86
24 A' 444 423 0.20 5.13 0.25 0.41
25 A' 222 211 8.46 0.76 0.49 0.66
26 A" 1044 994 1.57 3.99 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1029 980 0.09 0.30 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1014 965 0.04 0.06 0.75 0.86
29 A" 954 908 1.49 0.37 0.75 0.86
30 A" 879 837 0.01 0.01 0.75 0.86
31 A" 764 727 66.29 0.17 0.75 0.86
32 A" 700 667 22.26 0.01 0.75 0.86
33 A" 459 437 7.13 0.20 0.75 0.86
34 A" 416 396 0.09 0.01 0.75 0.86
35 A" 234 223 9.05 1.24 0.75 0.86
36 A" 118 112 5.26 1.42 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24324.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9522) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23162.0 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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
ABC
0.17496 0.05232 0.04027

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.571 0.000
C2 -1.040 -0.365 0.000
C3 -0.744 -1.722 0.000
C4 0.588 -2.146 0.000
C5 1.626 -1.216 0.000
C6 1.330 0.146 0.000
C7 -0.300 2.023 0.000
O8 -1.418 2.488 0.000
H9 0.587 2.689 0.000
H10 -2.065 -0.005 0.000
H11 -1.545 -2.454 0.000
H12 0.816 -3.208 0.000
H13 2.658 -1.550 0.000
H14 2.130 0.883 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39882.41032.78012.41561.39611.48302.38432.19812.14343.39633.86583.40072.1523
C21.39881.38942.41392.79872.42422.49962.87723.46011.08582.14933.39573.88383.4063
C32.41031.38941.39792.42312.79053.77114.26344.60732.16651.08532.15433.40633.8781
C42.78012.41391.39791.39402.40894.26315.04974.83533.40952.15541.08572.15423.3987
C52.41562.79872.42311.39401.39313.76834.79374.04033.88423.40422.15061.08512.1580
C61.39612.42422.79052.40891.39312.48653.61042.64943.39783.87583.39262.15411.0877
C71.48302.49963.77114.26313.76832.48651.21001.10982.68804.64665.34884.63912.6843
O82.38432.87724.26345.04974.79373.61041.21002.01512.57534.94326.11815.73743.8935
H92.19813.46014.60734.83534.04032.64941.10982.01513.78025.56725.90124.71782.3749
H102.14341.08582.16653.40953.88423.39782.68802.57533.78022.50334.30804.96944.2872
H113.39632.14931.08532.15543.40423.87584.64664.94325.56722.50332.47884.29954.9634
H123.86583.39572.15431.08572.15063.39265.34886.11815.90124.30802.47882.47834.2964
H133.40073.88383.40632.15421.08512.15414.63915.73744.71784.96944.29952.47832.4896
H142.15233.40633.87813.39872.15801.08772.68433.89352.37494.28724.96344.29642.4896

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.638 C1 C2 H10 118.695
C1 C6 C5 120.007 C1 C6 H14 119.601
C1 C7 O8 124.274 C1 C7 H9 115.181
C2 C1 C6 120.308 C2 C1 C7 120.275
C2 C3 C4 119.999 C2 C3 H11 120.072
C3 C2 H10 121.667 C3 C4 C5 120.435
C3 C4 H12 119.791 C4 C3 H11 119.930
C4 C5 C6 119.614 C4 C5 H13 120.159
C5 C4 H12 119.774 C5 C6 H14 120.392
C6 C1 C7 119.417 C6 C5 H13 120.227
O8 C7 H9 120.545
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.336      
2 C 0.185      
3 C -0.168      
4 C -0.130      
5 C -0.123      
6 C -0.681      
7 C -0.006      
8 O -0.373      
9 H 0.123      
10 H 0.191      
11 H 0.163      
12 H 0.161      
13 H 0.162      
14 H 0.159      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.382 -2.404 0.000 3.384
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.934 6.598 0.000
y 6.598 -47.058 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.821
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.506 6.598 0.000
y 6.598 0.320 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.826
Polar
3z2-r2-7.651
x2-y22.124
xy6.598
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.695 -1.145 0.000
y -1.145 15.699 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.521


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 261.740
(<r2>)1/2 16.178