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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.416121
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.927115
Nuclear repulsion energy69.173472
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/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' 3185 3056 9.52      
2 A' 3060 2936 4.30      
3 A' 2931 2812 136.05      
4 A' 1832 1757 141.32      
5 A' 1463 1403 15.29      
6 A' 1433 1375 13.49      
7 A' 1384 1328 11.23      
8 A' 1135 1089 22.02      
9 A' 904 867 4.86      
10 A' 505 484 13.81      
11 A" 3139 3012 10.25      
12 A" 1475 1415 8.34      
13 A" 1135 1089 0.32      
14 A" 780 748 0.28      
15 A" 167 160 0.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12263.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11765.4 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.86860 0.33397 0.29942

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.466 0.000
C2 -0.939 -0.723 0.000
O3 1.212 0.387 0.000
H4 -0.510 1.466 0.000
H5 -0.363 -1.662 0.000
H6 -1.593 -0.679 0.890
H7 -1.593 -0.679 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51511.21421.12262.15922.15462.1546
C21.51512.41992.23111.10181.10601.1060
O31.21422.41992.03182.58423.12993.1299
H41.12262.23112.03183.13222.56312.5631
H52.15921.10182.58423.13221.80941.8094
H62.15461.10603.12992.56311.80941.7809
H72.15461.10603.12992.56311.80941.7809

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.197 C1 C2 H6 109.592
C1 C2 H7 109.592 C2 C1 O3 124.547
C2 C1 H4 114.711 O3 C1 H4 120.742
H5 C2 H6 110.083 H5 C2 H7 110.083
H6 C2 H7 107.242
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability