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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)=FULL/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 QCISD(T)=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.442740
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.925339
Nuclear repulsion energy69.326191
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(T)=FULL/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 3213 3213        
2 A 3161 3161        
3 A 3084 3084        
4 A 2987 2987        
5 A 1783 1783        
6 A 1510 1510        
7 A 1506 1506        
8 A 1449 1449        
9 A 1422 1422        
10 A 1153 1153        
11 A 1146 1146        
12 A 911 911        
13 A 786 786        
14 A 510 510        
15 A 138 138        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12379.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12379.7 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 QCISD(T)=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
1.88679 0.33521 0.30049

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.226 0.406 0.000
C2 -1.173 -0.151 0.000
O3 1.242 -0.278 -0.000
H4 0.305 1.508 0.000
H5 -1.147 -1.238 0.001
H6 -1.709 0.214 0.880
H7 -1.708 0.212 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50581.22431.10512.14222.13472.1347
C21.50582.41832.22121.08821.09281.0928
O31.22432.41832.01712.57493.11843.1179
H41.10512.22122.01713.10642.55032.5510
H52.14221.08822.57493.10641.78781.7878
H62.13471.09283.11842.55031.78781.7608
H72.13471.09283.11792.55101.78781.7608

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.311 C1 C2 H6 109.441
C1 C2 H7 109.441 C2 C1 O3 124.383
C2 C1 H4 115.733 O3 C1 H4 119.885
H5 C2 H6 110.121 H5 C2 H7 110.122
H6 C2 H7 107.350
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability