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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.511046
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.511046
Nuclear repulsion energy321.603635
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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' 3208 3088 9.70      
2 A' 3200 3081 19.49      
3 A' 3189 3071 18.74      
4 A' 3177 3059 1.97      
5 A' 3167 3049 5.65      
6 A' 2894 2786 141.53      
7 A' 1803 1736 258.58      
8 A' 1661 1599 29.59      
9 A' 1644 1582 11.40      
10 A' 1531 1474 0.48      
11 A' 1494 1438 13.37      
12 A' 1428 1374 9.31      
13 A' 1376 1324 5.19      
14 A' 1340 1290 16.33      
15 A' 1233 1187 60.19      
16 A' 1192 1148 20.59      
17 A' 1187 1143 2.64      
18 A' 1106 1065 6.17      
19 A' 1050 1010 2.53      
20 A' 1019 981 0.47      
21 A' 842 811 32.47      
22 A' 663 638 24.02      
23 A' 628 605 0.47      
24 A' 442 426 0.21      
25 A' 217 209 7.72      
26 A" 1033 995 0.65      
27 A" 1006 968 0.00      
28 A" 983 946 0.09      
29 A" 935 900 1.52      
30 A" 861 829 0.06      
31 A" 760 732 51.43      
32 A" 705 679 37.61      
33 A" 465 448 7.91      
34 A" 416 401 0.05      
35 A" 239 230 8.47      
36 A" 123 118 3.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24108.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23208.8 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.17571 0.05234 0.04033

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.573 0.000
C2 -1.036 -0.366 0.000
C3 -0.741 -1.721 0.000
C4 0.588 -2.145 0.000
C5 1.623 -1.215 0.000
C6 1.328 0.143 0.000
C7 -0.305 2.019 0.000
O8 -1.416 2.491 0.000
H9 0.589 2.682 0.000
H10 -2.061 -0.008 0.000
H11 -1.544 -2.452 0.000
H12 0.816 -3.207 0.000
H13 2.656 -1.550 0.000
H14 2.130 0.878 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39832.41022.78052.41471.39611.47762.38412.18992.14103.39613.86663.40002.1521
C21.39831.38612.40852.79162.41872.49432.88203.45421.08542.14693.39103.87733.4021
C32.41021.38611.39542.41832.78533.76454.26504.59912.16171.08582.15273.40193.8729
C42.78052.40851.39541.39182.40504.25805.05024.82693.40312.15371.08622.15223.3936
C52.41472.79162.41831.39181.38983.76474.79274.03203.87673.40032.14951.08572.1533
C61.39612.41872.78532.40501.38982.48683.61152.64443.39243.87123.38912.15151.0876
C71.47762.49433.76454.25803.76472.48681.20751.11292.68144.63925.34424.63682.6891
O82.38412.88204.26505.05024.79273.61151.20752.01392.58054.94466.11915.73663.8960
H92.18993.45424.59914.82694.03202.64441.11292.01393.77565.55955.89334.70982.3731
H102.14101.08542.16173.40313.87673.39242.68142.58053.77562.49824.30194.96244.2837
H113.39612.14691.08582.15373.40033.87124.63924.94465.55952.49822.47734.29584.9588
H123.86663.39102.15271.08622.14953.38915.34426.11915.89334.30192.47732.47664.2912
H133.40003.87733.40192.15221.08572.15154.63685.73664.70984.96244.29582.47662.4839
H142.15213.40213.87293.39362.15331.08762.68913.89602.37314.28374.95884.29122.4839

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.909 C1 C2 H10 118.549
C1 C6 C5 120.172 C1 C6 H14 119.589
C1 C7 O8 124.928 C1 C7 H9 114.693
C2 C1 C6 119.900 C2 C1 C7 120.275
C2 C3 C4 119.976 C2 C3 H11 120.089
C3 C2 H10 121.541 C3 C4 C5 120.370
C3 C4 H12 119.813 C4 C3 H11 119.935
C4 C5 C6 119.672 C4 C5 H13 120.109
C5 C4 H12 119.816 C5 C6 H14 120.240
C6 C1 C7 119.825 C6 C5 H13 120.218
O8 C7 H9 120.379
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.098      
2 C -0.158      
3 C -0.205      
4 C -0.181      
5 C -0.206      
6 C -0.197      
7 C 0.106      
8 O -0.298      
9 H 0.163      
10 H 0.227      
11 H 0.212      
12 H 0.211      
13 H 0.210      
14 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.251 -2.437 0.000 3.317
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.826 6.074 0.000
y 6.074 -46.013 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.078
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.719 6.074 0.000
y 6.074 0.439 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.158
Polar
3z2-r2-8.317
x2-y22.187
xy6.074
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.908 -1.087 0.000
y -1.087 15.231 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.802


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.825
(<r2>)1/2 16.150