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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

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(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.463518
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.936295
Nuclear repulsion energy68.918074
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(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3144 3074        
2 A 3092 3024        
3 A 3019 2952        
4 A 2918 2854        
5 A 1749 1710        
6 A 1452 1420        
7 A 1443 1411        
8 A 1404 1373        
9 A 1360 1330        
10 A 1122 1097        
11 A 1109 1084        
12 A 890 870        
13 A 761 744        
14 A 497 486        
15 A 159 155        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12058.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9778) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11790.5 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.85482 0.33189 0.29740

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.231 0.406 0.000
C2 -1.179 -0.151 0.000
O3 1.246 -0.280 -0.000
H4 0.311 1.523 0.000
H5 -1.159 -1.253 0.001
H6 -1.719 0.223 0.890
H7 -1.719 0.222 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51661.22501.12022.16442.15202.1520
C21.51662.42882.24151.10201.10681.1068
O31.22502.42882.03162.59433.13703.1366
H41.12022.24152.03163.14142.56982.5702
H52.16441.10202.59433.14141.81281.8128
H62.15201.10683.13702.56981.81281.7814
H72.15201.10683.13662.57021.81281.7814

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.500 C1 C2 H6 109.237
C1 C2 H7 109.237 C2 C1 O3 124.383
C2 C1 H4 115.628 O3 C1 H4 119.989
H5 C2 H6 110.312 H5 C2 H7 110.312
H6 C2 H7 107.172
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability