return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-343.500500
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-343.500500
Nuclear repulsion energy323.442793
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 HF/6-311G*
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' 3383 3059 7.40 117.77 0.18 0.30
2 A' 3368 3046 28.07 170.01 0.14 0.24
3 A' 3356 3035 32.21 64.88 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3342 3023 5.60 98.08 0.69 0.81
5 A' 3333 3014 6.02 38.63 0.55 0.71
6 A' 3130 2831 120.40 115.17 0.30 0.47
7 A' 1988 1798 361.47 74.30 0.35 0.52
8 A' 1796 1625 22.45 73.44 0.55 0.71
9 A' 1774 1605 8.95 6.17 0.64 0.78
10 A' 1656 1498 0.73 0.56 0.36 0.53
11 A' 1611 1457 10.60 0.68 0.22 0.36
12 A' 1551 1403 19.56 2.66 0.75 0.86
13 A' 1459 1320 16.71 1.63 0.56 0.72
14 A' 1347 1218 14.66 1.47 0.23 0.38
15 A' 1310 1185 44.92 19.58 0.26 0.42
16 A' 1283 1160 21.60 9.88 0.18 0.31
17 A' 1216 1100 8.16 6.96 0.69 0.81
18 A' 1168 1057 0.37 0.71 0.74 0.85
19 A' 1117 1010 0.87 5.60 0.10 0.18
20 A' 1085 982 0.62 32.90 0.09 0.16
21 A' 890 805 39.06 10.63 0.14 0.25
22 A' 707 639 33.72 2.53 0.35 0.51
23 A' 675 610 0.88 6.16 0.75 0.86
24 A' 471 426 0.11 4.36 0.33 0.49
25 A' 239 216 9.67 0.81 0.56 0.72
26 A" 1146 1037 0.02 6.75 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1120 1013 0.00 0.04 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1101 996 0.14 0.20 0.75 0.86
29 A" 1042 942 2.29 0.09 0.75 0.86
30 A" 953 862 0.04 0.21 0.75 0.86
31 A" 834 754 67.29 0.05 0.75 0.86
32 A" 760 687 32.36 0.16 0.75 0.86
33 A" 508 459 8.90 0.14 0.75 0.86
34 A" 457 413 0.10 0.02 0.75 0.86
35 A" 254 229 11.32 1.62 0.75 0.86
36 A" 127 115 7.03 1.66 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25777.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23313.1 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.17794 0.05275 0.04069

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.568 0.000
C2 -1.033 -0.365 0.000
C3 -0.742 -1.714 0.000
C4 0.581 -2.138 0.000
C5 1.612 -1.215 0.000
C6 1.318 0.139 0.000
C7 -0.303 2.021 0.000
O8 -1.394 2.483 0.000
H9 0.575 2.677 0.000
H10 -2.048 -0.017 0.000
H11 -1.538 -2.436 0.000
H12 0.805 -3.189 0.000
H13 2.635 -1.546 0.000
H14 2.117 0.861 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39132.39902.76732.40341.38641.48442.36852.18592.13033.37463.84263.37762.1374
C21.39131.37992.39752.77802.40452.49452.87023.44011.07372.13213.37003.85273.3798
C32.39901.37991.38942.40632.77093.76014.24674.58362.14151.07492.13813.38073.8475
C42.76732.39751.38941.38372.39334.25165.02494.81443.37832.13991.07542.13713.3692
C52.40342.77802.40631.38371.38543.76014.76524.02733.85163.37842.13331.07482.1363
C61.38642.40452.77092.39331.38542.48413.58452.64423.37063.84583.36812.13811.0765
C71.48442.49453.76014.25163.76012.48411.18431.09622.68294.62475.32704.62082.6840
O82.36852.87024.24675.02494.76523.58451.18431.97832.58404.92106.08365.69713.8674
H92.18593.44014.58364.81444.02732.64421.09621.97833.76015.53215.87084.69802.3822
H102.13031.07372.14153.37833.85163.37062.68292.58403.76012.47254.26714.92634.2572
H113.37462.13211.07492.13993.37843.84584.62474.92105.53212.47252.46114.26644.9223
H123.84263.37002.13811.07542.13333.36815.32706.08365.87084.26712.46112.45954.2577
H133.37763.85273.38072.13711.07482.13814.62085.69714.69804.92634.26642.45952.4618
H142.13743.37983.84753.36922.13631.07652.68403.86742.38224.25724.92234.25772.4618

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.922 C1 C2 H10 119.022
C1 C6 C5 120.244 C1 C6 H14 119.886
C1 C7 O8 124.750 C1 C7 H9 114.958
C2 C1 C6 119.909 C2 C1 C7 120.291
C2 C3 C4 119.934 C2 C3 H11 120.070
C3 C2 H10 121.056 C3 C4 C5 120.389
C3 C4 H12 119.791 C4 C3 H11 119.996
C4 C5 C6 119.603 C4 C5 H13 120.225
C5 C4 H12 119.820 C5 C6 H14 119.870
C6 C1 C7 119.800 C6 C5 H13 120.172
O8 C7 H9 120.292
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.133      
2 C -0.180      
3 C -0.213      
4 C -0.199      
5 C -0.218      
6 C -0.226      
7 C 0.232      
8 O -0.397      
9 H 0.176      
10 H 0.250      
11 H 0.228      
12 H 0.226      
13 H 0.226      
14 H 0.228      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.510 -2.354 0.000 3.441
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.696 6.983 0.000
y 6.983 -46.715 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.989
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.656 6.983 0.000
y 6.983 0.628 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.284
Polar
3z2-r2-8.568
x2-y22.019
xy6.983
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.245 -0.924 0.000
y -0.924 13.768 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.731


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 259.206
(<r2>)1/2 16.100