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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP4/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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.430846
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.926038
Nuclear repulsion energy68.940446
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/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 3178 3073        
2 A 3134 3030        
3 A 3050 2949        
4 A 2892 2797        
5 A 1770 1712        
6 A 1467 1418        
7 A 1453 1405        
8 A 1413 1367        
9 A 1369 1324        
10 A 1124 1087        
11 A 1119 1082        
12 A 892 863        
13 A 769 744        
14 A 496 480        
15 A 165 160        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12145.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9669) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11743.4 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.85993 0.33171 0.29741

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.233 0.404 0.000
C2 -1.179 -0.151 0.000
O3 1.247 -0.278 -0.000
H4 0.293 1.528 0.000
H5 -1.154 -1.254 0.000
H6 -1.722 0.218 0.891
H7 -1.722 0.218 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51721.22161.12602.16142.15702.1570
C21.51722.42912.23301.10301.10701.1070
O31.22162.42912.04272.59153.13953.1392
H41.12602.23302.04273.13572.56342.5637
H52.16141.10302.59153.13571.81191.8119
H62.15701.10703.13952.56341.81191.7824
H72.15701.10703.13922.56371.81191.7824

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.154 C1 C2 H6 109.566
C1 C2 H7 109.566 C2 C1 O3 124.623
C2 C1 H4 114.486 O3 C1 H4 120.891
H5 C2 H6 110.139 H5 C2 H7 110.139
H6 C2 H7 107.228
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability