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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.586331
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.974139
Nuclear repulsion energy69.598593
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-pVTZ
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 3156 3076        
2 A 3105 3027        
3 A 3037 2961        
4 A 2919 2845        
5 A 1793 1748        
6 A 1481 1444        
7 A 1470 1433        
8 A 1431 1395        
9 A 1383 1348        
10 A 1135 1106        
11 A 1133 1104        
12 A 896 873        
13 A 778 758        
14 A 504 491        
15 A 159 155        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12189.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11882.5 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-pVTZ
ABC
1.89622 0.33778 0.30276

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.232 0.402 -0.000
C2 -1.169 -0.149 -0.000
O3 1.235 -0.278 0.000
H4 0.305 1.507 -0.000
H5 -1.148 -1.238 -0.000
H6 -1.705 0.218 0.880
H7 -1.705 0.218 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50571.21161.10762.14332.13532.1353
C21.50572.40752.21741.08851.09341.0934
O31.21162.40752.01272.56933.10843.1085
H41.10762.21742.01273.10582.54482.5446
H52.14331.08852.56933.10581.78941.7894
H62.13531.09343.10842.54481.78941.7588
H72.13531.09343.10852.54461.78941.7588

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.381 C1 C2 H6 109.456
C1 C2 H7 109.456 C2 C1 O3 124.393
C2 C1 H4 115.254 O3 C1 H4 120.352
H5 C2 H6 110.197 H5 C2 H7 110.197
H6 C2 H7 107.090
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability