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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/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 QCISD(T)/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.454772
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.949107
Nuclear repulsion energy69.329533
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)/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 3141 3024        
2 A 3090 2975        
3 A 3022 2909        
4 A 2896 2788        
5 A 1794 1727        
6 A 1492 1436        
7 A 1489 1434        
8 A 1437 1383        
9 A 1403 1351        
10 A 1141 1099        
11 A 1136 1094        
12 A 897 863        
13 A 777 748        
14 A 508 489        
15 A 150 144        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12185.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9628) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11732.5 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 QCISD(T)/6-311G*
ABC
1.88287 0.33489 0.30030

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.235 0.403 0.000
C2 -1.175 -0.148 0.000
O3 1.239 -0.279 -0.000
H4 0.313 1.515 0.000
H5 -1.149 -1.242 0.001
H6 -1.716 0.217 0.884
H7 -1.716 0.216 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51361.21341.11512.14912.15042.1504
C21.51362.41732.23161.09421.09911.0991
O31.21342.41732.01872.57433.12423.1238
H41.11512.23162.01873.12042.56652.5670
H52.14911.09422.57433.12041.79721.7972
H62.15041.09913.12422.56651.79721.7692
H72.15041.09913.12382.56701.79721.7692

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.955 C1 C2 H6 109.771
C1 C2 H7 109.771 C2 C1 O3 124.490
C2 C1 H4 115.352 O3 C1 H4 120.158
H5 C2 H6 110.051 H5 C2 H7 110.051
H6 C2 H7 107.200
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability