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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.174428
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.839178
Nuclear repulsion energy68.345201
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/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' 3124 3010 14.08      
2 A' 3012 2902 5.12      
3 A' 2961 2853 102.15      
4 A' 1683 1621 77.36      
5 A' 1523 1468 20.60      
6 A' 1453 1400 21.66      
7 A' 1441 1389 5.06      
8 A' 1158 1116 23.21      
9 A' 916 882 5.89      
10 A' 510 491 14.35      
11 A" 3078 2966 13.99      
12 A" 1527 1471 11.51      
13 A" 1159 1117 0.22      
14 A" 807 778 1.21      
15 A" 142 137 0.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12245.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11799.9 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/6-31G
ABC
1.83154 0.32658 0.29255

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.474 0.000
C2 -0.975 -0.691 0.000
O3 1.246 0.343 0.000
H4 -0.452 1.486 0.000
H5 -0.417 -1.639 0.000
H6 -1.625 -0.644 0.891
H7 -1.625 -0.644 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51921.25311.10902.15312.16452.1645
C21.51922.45072.23981.09951.10391.1039
O31.25312.45072.04692.58783.16483.1648
H41.10902.23982.04693.12542.59062.5906
H52.15311.09952.58783.12541.80061.8006
H62.16451.10393.16482.59061.80061.7818
H72.16451.10393.16482.59061.80061.7818

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.571 C1 C2 H6 110.204
C1 C2 H7 110.204 C2 C1 O3 123.975
C2 C1 H4 116.033 O3 C1 H4 119.992
H5 C2 H6 109.608 H5 C2 H7 109.608
H6 C2 H7 107.619
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability