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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/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)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.429498
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.926564
Nuclear repulsion energy69.048434
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)/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 3173 3106        
2 A 3125 3059        
3 A 3044 2980        
4 A 2910 2849        
5 A 1802 1764        
6 A 1466 1435        
7 A 1453 1422        
8 A 1422 1392        
9 A 1371 1342        
10 A 1126 1102        
11 A 1121 1097        
12 A 897 878        
13 A 772 755        
14 A 500 489        
15 A 167 164        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12173.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9788) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11915.2 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(T)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.85924 0.33308 0.29850

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.235 0.404 0.000
C2 -1.177 -0.150 0.000
O3 1.243 -0.279 -0.000
H4 0.301 1.526 0.000
H5 -1.153 -1.253 0.000
H6 -1.720 0.220 0.891
H7 -1.720 0.220 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51671.21791.12422.16102.15622.1562
C21.51672.42352.23481.10301.10741.1074
O31.21792.42352.03662.58593.13413.1340
H41.12422.23482.03663.13622.56592.5660
H52.16101.10302.58593.13621.81251.8125
H62.15621.10743.13412.56591.81251.7830
H72.15621.10743.13402.56601.81251.7830

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.162 C1 C2 H6 109.523
C1 C2 H7 109.523 C2 C1 O3 124.444
C2 C1 H4 114.795 O3 C1 H4 120.761
H5 C2 H6 110.175 H5 C2 H7 110.175
H6 C2 H7 107.233
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability