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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-343.534552
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-343.534552
Nuclear repulsion energy320.814613
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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' 3231 3100 10.49      
2 A' 3223 3092 7.00      
3 A' 3213 3083 6.88      
4 A' 3202 3072 0.78      
5 A' 3188 3059 3.25      
6 A' 2926 2807 131.61      
7 A' 1727 1657 126.55      
8 A' 1642 1576 24.96      
9 A' 1624 1558 19.50      
10 A' 1541 1478 0.19      
11 A' 1509 1448 18.10      
12 A' 1437 1379 2.07      
13 A' 1374 1318 13.46      
14 A' 1350 1295 5.15      
15 A' 1248 1198 42.01      
16 A' 1231 1181 2.08      
17 A' 1218 1169 43.48      
18 A' 1117 1072 6.50      
19 A' 1059 1016 4.79      
20 A' 1038 996 0.18      
21 A' 850 816 30.20      
22 A' 676 649 22.21      
23 A' 654 627 0.68      
24 A' 449 431 0.03      
25 A' 218 209 8.37      
26 A" 1078 1034 1.74      
27 A" 1047 1005 0.02      
28 A" 1024 983 0.15      
29 A" 963 924 1.90      
30 A" 884 848 0.13      
31 A" 783 751 39.28      
32 A" 731 701 61.17      
33 A" 480 461 11.25      
34 A" 429 411 0.00      
35 A" 257 246 9.21      
36 A" 141 135 1.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24380.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23391.0 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.17405 0.05237 0.04026

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.579 0.000
C2 -1.015 -0.385 0.000
C3 -0.688 -1.736 0.000
C4 0.656 -2.126 0.000
C5 1.671 -1.165 0.000
C6 1.342 0.189 0.000
C7 -0.373 2.005 0.000
O8 -1.535 2.422 0.000
H9 0.498 2.690 0.000
H10 -2.044 -0.041 0.000
H11 -1.470 -2.487 0.000
H12 0.912 -3.180 0.000
H13 2.710 -1.475 0.000
H14 2.123 0.946 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39962.41472.78262.41501.39781.47482.39922.16952.13573.40043.86783.40032.1542
C21.39961.38962.41262.79652.42632.47512.85533.42731.08512.15113.39493.88113.4083
C32.41471.38961.39962.42702.79823.75444.24364.58222.17041.08472.15583.40843.8851
C42.78262.41261.39961.39712.41454.25725.04824.81843.41102.15681.08512.15473.4039
C52.41502.79652.42701.39711.39363.77244.81134.03003.88093.40792.15271.08462.1592
C61.39782.42632.79822.41451.39362.49853.64252.63993.39423.88293.39652.15401.0870
C71.47482.47513.75444.25723.77242.49851.23441.10812.64154.62485.34244.64982.7115
O82.39922.85534.24365.04824.81133.64251.23442.05052.51524.91026.11365.76303.9445
H92.16953.42734.58224.81844.03002.63991.10812.05053.73085.53915.88484.71632.3838
H102.13571.08512.17043.41103.88093.39422.64152.51523.73082.51294.31204.96564.2818
H113.40042.15111.08472.15683.40793.88294.62484.91025.53912.51292.48134.30134.9698
H123.86783.39492.15581.08512.15273.39655.34246.11365.88484.31202.48132.47774.2999
H133.40033.88113.40842.15471.08462.15404.64985.76304.71634.96564.30132.47772.4913
H142.15423.40833.88513.40392.15921.08702.71153.94452.38384.28184.96984.29992.4913

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.928 C1 C2 H10 117.980
C1 C6 C5 119.796 C1 C6 H14 119.690
C1 C7 O8 124.410 C1 C7 H9 113.509
C2 C1 C6 120.303 C2 C1 C7 118.853
C2 C3 C4 119.761 C2 C3 H11 120.272
C3 C2 H10 122.092 C3 C4 C5 120.408
C3 C4 H12 119.839 C4 C3 H11 119.966
C4 C5 C6 119.804 C4 C5 H13 119.984
C5 C4 H12 119.753 C5 C6 H14 120.514
C6 C1 C7 120.844 C6 C5 H13 120.212
O8 C7 H9 122.081
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.134      
2 C -0.181      
3 C -0.214      
4 C -0.204      
5 C -0.211      
6 C -0.212      
7 C 0.265      
8 O -0.440      
9 H 0.180      
10 H 0.247      
11 H 0.227      
12 H 0.228      
13 H 0.226      
14 H 0.224      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.259 -2.205 0.000 3.157
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.759 5.881 0.000
y 5.881 -44.848 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.603
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.466 5.881 0.000
y 5.881 1.833 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.299
Polar
3z2-r2-10.597
x2-y21.089
xy5.881
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 11.862 -1.127 0.000
y -1.127 13.851 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.866


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 261.028
(<r2>)1/2 16.156