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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ

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)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.587086
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.974065
Nuclear repulsion energy69.577064
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)/cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3155 2993        
2 A 3104 2944        
3 A 3036 2880        
4 A 2915 2765        
5 A 1790 1698        
6 A 1481 1405        
7 A 1470 1394        
8 A 1430 1356        
9 A 1382 1311        
10 A 1134 1075        
11 A 1132 1074        
12 A 895 849        
13 A 777 737        
14 A 503 477        
15 A 159 150        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12180.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11554.0 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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.89557 0.33754 0.30256

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.232 0.402 -0.000
C2 -1.170 -0.149 -0.000
O3 1.235 -0.278 0.000
H4 0.304 1.508 -0.000
H5 -1.149 -1.238 -0.000
H6 -1.705 0.218 0.880
H7 -1.706 0.218 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50601.21221.10792.14362.13552.1355
C21.50602.40852.21771.08861.09351.0935
O31.21222.40852.01362.57013.10933.1094
H41.10792.21772.01363.10622.54492.5447
H52.14361.08862.57013.10621.78961.7896
H62.13551.09353.10932.54491.78961.7590
H72.13551.09353.10942.54471.78961.7590

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.379 C1 C2 H6 109.449
C1 C2 H7 109.449 C2 C1 O3 124.405
C2 C1 H4 115.235 O3 C1 H4 120.359
H5 C2 H6 110.204 H5 C2 H7 110.204
H6 C2 H7 107.092
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability