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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-342.241318
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-341.504227
Nuclear repulsion energy318.289759
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3221 3064 11.87      
2 A' 3210 3053 11.55      
3 A' 3200 3044 4.77      
4 A' 3191 3035 0.33      
5 A' 3171 3017 4.93      
6 A' 2949 2805 129.36      
7 A' 1627 1548 33.14      
8 A' 1609 1530 9.29      
9 A' 1583 1506 26.17      
10 A' 1534 1460 0.68      
11 A' 1501 1428 12.71      
12 A' 1446 1376 0.97      
13 A' 1379 1312 12.08      
14 A' 1331 1267 3.67      
15 A' 1242 1182 3.11      
16 A' 1239 1179 2.08      
17 A' 1221 1161 57.75      
18 A' 1107 1053 2.91      
19 A' 1053 1002 6.57      
20 A' 1018 969 0.64      
21 A' 834 794 29.89      
22 A' 673 640 17.30      
23 A' 654 622 1.10      
24 A' 443 421 0.12      
25 A' 219 209 7.67      
26 A" 1042 991 0.92      
27 A" 942 897 0.29      
28 A" 933 888 0.08      
29 A" 896 853 1.31      
30 A" 850 808 0.20      
31 A" 737 701 89.19      
32 A" 669 637 2.39      
33 A" 464 441 9.41      
34 A" 418 398 0.03      
35 A" 245 233 8.17      
36 A" 130 124 1.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23989.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22821.3 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.17169 0.05147 0.03960

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.582 0.000
C2 -1.016 -0.392 0.000
C3 -0.680 -1.752 0.000
C4 0.676 -2.141 0.000
C5 1.691 -1.166 0.000
C6 1.353 0.199 0.000
C7 -0.387 2.022 0.000
O8 -1.572 2.430 0.000
H9 0.469 2.723 0.000
H10 -2.051 -0.058 0.000
H11 -1.461 -2.508 0.000
H12 0.938 -3.196 0.000
H13 2.735 -1.469 0.000
H14 2.133 0.959 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.40802.43122.80542.43171.40601.49172.42632.19172.14883.41793.89223.41792.1662
C21.40801.40102.43342.81562.44192.49552.87633.45141.08762.16193.41743.90233.4274
C32.43121.40101.41022.44202.81743.78614.27634.62032.18001.08682.16813.42603.9071
C42.80542.43341.41021.40732.43554.29685.09364.86803.43172.16791.08692.16563.4255
C52.43172.81562.44201.40731.40573.80564.85554.07593.90273.42542.16481.08682.1707
C61.40602.44192.81742.43551.40572.52063.67892.67423.41383.90423.41952.16541.0897
C71.49172.49553.78614.29683.80562.52061.25321.10652.66414.65605.38374.68322.7354
O82.42632.87634.27635.09364.85553.67891.25322.06272.53334.93926.16015.80923.9866
H92.19173.45144.62034.86804.07592.67421.10652.06273.75325.57575.93694.76432.4244
H102.14881.08762.18003.43173.90273.41382.66412.53333.75322.52044.33394.98944.3063
H113.41792.16191.08682.16793.42543.90424.65604.93925.57572.52042.49544.32204.9938
H123.89223.41742.16811.08692.16483.41955.38376.16015.93694.33392.49542.49184.3233
H133.41793.90233.42602.16561.08682.16544.68325.80924.76434.98944.32202.49182.5013
H142.16623.42743.90713.42552.17071.08972.73543.98662.42444.30634.99384.32332.5013

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.878 C1 C2 H10 118.305
C1 C6 C5 119.726 C1 C6 H14 119.917
C1 C7 O8 124.011 C1 C7 H9 114.224
C2 C1 C6 120.400 C2 C1 C7 118.739
C2 C3 C4 119.897 C2 C3 H11 120.160
C3 C2 H10 121.817 C3 C4 C5 120.157
C3 C4 H12 119.957 C4 C3 H11 119.943
C4 C5 C6 119.942 C4 C5 H13 119.969
C5 C4 H12 119.886 C5 C6 H14 120.357
C6 C1 C7 120.861 C6 C5 H13 120.088
O8 C7 H9 121.764
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability