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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-344.760732
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-343.497102
Nuclear repulsion energy320.496633
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3235 3064 9.79      
2 A' 3229 3058 11.67      
3 A' 3220 3050 10.84      
4 A' 3209 3039 1.01      
5 A' 3196 3027 4.83      
6 A' 2956 2799 124.43      
7 A' 1764 1671 147.06      
8 A' 1660 1572 11.44      
9 A' 1642 1556 8.99      
10 A' 1533 1452 0.32      
11 A' 1494 1415 13.05      
12 A' 1472 1394 2.10      
13 A' 1429 1354 10.95      
14 A' 1345 1274 13.81      
15 A' 1245 1179 58.81      
16 A' 1206 1142 8.28      
17 A' 1198 1135 1.11      
18 A' 1111 1052 4.87      
19 A' 1051 995 2.15      
20 A' 1012 958 0.60      
21 A' 842 798 32.93      
22 A' 660 625 19.25      
23 A' 624 591 0.53      
24 A' 441 418 0.27      
25 A' 222 210 7.08      
26 A" 1016 962 0.56      
27 A" 890 843 0.24      
28 A" 876 829 0.30      
29 A" 862 816 0.62      
30 A" 828 784 0.12      
31 A" 723 684 97.16      
32 A" 443 419 0.59      
33 A" 435 412 6.90      
34 A" 395 374 0.04      
35 A" 228 216 8.33      
36 A" 115 109 3.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23902.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22637.7 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
0.17431 0.05205 0.04008

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.574 0.000
C2 -1.038 -0.368 0.000
C3 -0.735 -1.727 0.000
C4 0.600 -2.151 0.000
C5 1.635 -1.211 0.000
C6 1.335 0.153 0.000
C7 -0.313 2.024 0.000
O8 -1.439 2.485 0.000
H9 0.571 2.696 0.000
H10 -2.065 -0.014 0.000
H11 -1.536 -2.462 0.000
H12 0.833 -3.212 0.000
H13 2.670 -1.542 0.000
H14 2.135 0.890 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.40182.41602.79022.42081.40011.48362.39222.19752.14753.40233.87693.40662.1587
C21.40181.39302.42162.80322.42982.49942.88093.46081.08642.15233.40473.88963.4140
C32.41601.39301.40092.42572.79643.77524.27094.61232.16931.08652.15933.41013.8849
C42.79022.42161.40091.39772.41774.27385.06464.84703.41642.15861.08672.15753.4066
C52.42082.80322.42571.39771.39633.77674.80744.04963.88933.40862.15621.08642.1602
C61.40012.42982.79642.41771.39632.49413.62442.65593.40463.88303.40232.15691.0885
C71.48362.49943.77524.27383.77672.49411.21631.11062.68764.64965.36054.64922.6985
O82.39222.88094.27095.06464.80743.62441.21632.02082.57644.94796.13365.75313.9140
H92.19753.46084.61234.84704.04962.65591.11062.02083.78085.57165.91434.72922.3893
H102.14751.08642.16933.41643.88933.40462.68762.57643.78082.50454.31604.97574.2970
H113.40232.15231.08652.15863.40863.88304.64964.94795.57162.50452.48444.30534.9714
H123.87693.40472.15931.08672.15623.40235.36056.13365.91434.31602.48442.48354.3046
H133.40663.88963.41012.15751.08642.15694.64925.75314.72924.97574.30532.48352.4900
H142.15873.41403.88493.40662.16021.08852.69853.91402.38934.29704.97144.30462.4900

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.641 C1 C2 H10 118.778
C1 C6 C5 119.924 C1 C6 H14 119.808
C1 C7 O8 124.465 C1 C7 H9 115.040
C2 C1 C6 120.267 C2 C1 C7 120.018
C2 C3 C4 120.163 C2 C3 H11 119.954
C3 C2 H10 121.581 C3 C4 C5 120.166
C3 C4 H12 119.931 C4 C3 H11 119.883
C4 C5 C6 119.839 C4 C5 H13 120.045
C5 C4 H12 119.902 C5 C6 H14 120.268
C6 C1 C7 119.715 C6 C5 H13 120.115
O8 C7 H9 120.494
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability