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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.351457
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.053816
Nuclear repulsion energy68.879551
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 CISD/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' 3202 2992 9.65      
2 A' 3099 2895 1.81      
3 A' 3002 2805 107.87      
4 A' 1773 1656 71.56      
5 A' 1571 1468 19.48      
6 A' 1499 1400 4.04      
7 A' 1481 1383 27.78      
8 A' 1163 1086 27.00      
9 A' 896 837 9.97      
10 A' 504 471 12.44      
11 A" 3154 2947 8.50      
12 A" 1584 1480 12.31      
13 A" 1198 1120 0.68      
14 A" 840 785 2.05      
15 A" 167 156 0.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12565.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11741.2 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
1.88385 0.32879 0.29544

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.468 0.000
C2 -0.957 -0.714 0.000
O3 1.229 0.378 0.000
H4 -0.500 1.448 0.000
H5 -0.386 -1.644 0.000
H6 -1.600 -0.672 0.886
H7 -1.600 -0.672 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52111.23201.10112.14632.15502.1550
C21.52112.44352.21061.09061.09511.0951
O31.23202.44352.03392.58713.14463.1446
H41.10112.21062.03393.09412.54772.5477
H52.14631.09062.58713.09411.78911.7891
H62.15501.09513.14462.54771.78911.7710
H72.15501.09513.14462.54771.78911.7710

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.431 C1 C2 H6 109.849
C1 C2 H7 109.849 C2 C1 O3 124.800
C2 C1 H4 113.967 O3 C1 H4 121.233
H5 C2 H6 109.884 H5 C2 H7 109.884
H6 C2 H7 107.926
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability