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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.079231
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.079231
Nuclear repulsion energy320.494311
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
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' 3258 3114 13.70 250.60 0.10 0.18
2 A' 3249 3106 12.57 30.58 0.29 0.44
3 A' 3238 3096 10.72 80.33 0.74 0.85
4 A' 3226 3084 1.34 73.36 0.72 0.84
5 A' 3213 3072 4.95 44.83 0.46 0.63
6 A' 2995 2863 113.58 121.47 0.29 0.45
7 A' 1741 1664 176.02 69.72 0.32 0.49
8 A' 1689 1614 37.06 98.95 0.51 0.67
9 A' 1665 1591 29.66 20.87 0.47 0.64
10 A' 1561 1492 0.33 0.95 0.22 0.36
11 A' 1521 1454 18.44 2.46 0.29 0.45
12 A' 1448 1384 6.35 4.94 0.56 0.72
13 A' 1412 1350 3.18 0.94 0.74 0.85
14 A' 1378 1317 14.73 2.15 0.57 0.73
15 A' 1275 1219 63.00 22.46 0.26 0.42
16 A' 1230 1176 10.71 4.98 0.23 0.38
17 A' 1226 1172 7.65 9.95 0.55 0.71
18 A' 1132 1082 5.54 0.64 0.37 0.54
19 A' 1072 1024 2.41 7.43 0.13 0.23
20 A' 1044 998 0.59 28.94 0.11 0.20
21 A' 862 824 26.52 11.69 0.16 0.28
22 A' 674 644 26.09 3.38 0.40 0.57
23 A' 649 620 0.48 5.41 0.75 0.86
24 A' 456 436 0.08 6.42 0.36 0.53
25 A' 221 211 9.05 0.96 0.59 0.74
26 A" 1065 1018 1.52 4.01 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1046 1000 1.63 3.53 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1030 985 0.09 0.02 0.75 0.86
29 A" 972 929 1.28 0.52 0.75 0.86
30 A" 896 856 0.07 4.13 0.75 0.86
31 A" 787 753 55.87 1.49 0.75 0.86
32 A" 727 695 36.78 0.20 0.75 0.86
33 A" 480 459 7.86 0.39 0.75 0.86
34 A" 428 409 0.12 0.05 0.75 0.86
35 A" 247 237 9.53 1.68 0.75 0.86
36 A" 130 124 5.02 2.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24619.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9559) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23533.5 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
ABC
0.17421 0.05213 0.04013

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.577 0.000
C2 -1.035 -0.370 0.000
C3 -0.732 -1.727 0.000
C4 0.603 -2.146 0.000
C5 1.638 -1.207 0.000
C6 1.335 0.154 0.000
C7 -0.308 2.013 0.000
O8 -1.453 2.485 0.000
H9 0.570 2.684 0.000
H10 -2.061 -0.015 0.000
H11 -1.530 -2.463 0.000
H12 0.837 -3.206 0.000
H13 2.671 -1.536 0.000
H14 2.132 0.894 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.40292.41812.78902.42151.40091.46852.39772.18252.14413.40313.87433.40582.1551
C21.40291.39082.41632.80062.42762.49122.88493.44981.08512.15043.39803.88533.4096
C32.41811.39081.39982.42652.79553.76434.27314.59952.16681.08482.15613.40903.8825
C42.78902.41631.39981.39702.41344.25755.06644.83003.41122.15691.08532.15593.4023
C52.42152.80062.42651.39701.39363.76194.81414.03463.88533.40762.15331.08472.1578
C61.40092.42762.79552.41341.39362.48153.63402.64363.40023.88033.39622.15381.0871
C71.46852.49123.76434.25753.76192.48151.23791.10502.68044.63925.34284.63362.6843
O82.39772.88494.27315.06644.81413.63401.23792.03212.57284.94776.13375.75933.9216
H92.18253.44984.59954.83004.03462.64361.10502.03213.76895.55845.89584.71412.3759
H102.14411.08512.16683.41123.88533.40022.68042.57283.76892.50404.30994.97014.2898
H113.40312.15041.08482.15693.40763.88034.63924.94775.55842.50402.48124.30244.9673
H123.87433.39802.15611.08532.15333.39625.34286.13375.89584.30992.48122.48054.2991
H133.40583.88533.40902.15591.08472.15384.63365.75934.71414.97014.30242.48052.4887
H142.15513.40963.88253.40232.15781.08712.68433.92162.37594.28984.96734.29912.4887

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.888 C1 C2 H10 118.472
C1 C6 C5 120.113 C1 C6 H14 119.509
C1 C7 O8 124.517 C1 C7 H9 115.281
C2 C1 C6 119.955 C2 C1 C7 120.338
C2 C3 C4 119.963 C2 C3 H11 120.091
C3 C2 H10 121.640 C3 C4 C5 120.362
C3 C4 H12 119.830 C4 C3 H11 119.946
C4 C5 C6 119.720 C4 C5 H13 120.096
C5 C4 H12 119.808 C5 C6 H14 120.378
C6 C1 C7 119.707 C6 C5 H13 120.184
O8 C7 H9 120.203
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.026      
2 C -0.141      
3 C -0.176      
4 C -0.152      
5 C -0.176      
6 C -0.169      
7 C 0.169      
8 O -0.411      
9 H 0.144      
10 H 0.210      
11 H 0.182      
12 H 0.181      
13 H 0.180      
14 H 0.183      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.539 -2.647 0.000 3.668
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.360 6.908 0.000
y 6.908 -46.529 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.641
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.225 6.908 0.000
y 6.908 -0.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.197
Polar
3z2-r2-6.393
x2-y22.169
xy6.908
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.367 -1.265 0.000
y -1.265 14.580 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.484


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 262.043
(<r2>)1/2 16.188