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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.444822
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.937289
Nuclear repulsion energy69.152940
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 CCSD/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' 3163 3048 10.43      
2 A' 3041 2930 4.50      
3 A' 2954 2846 98.89      
4 A' 1800 1734 155.11      
5 A' 1456 1402 18.42      
6 A' 1423 1371 10.87      
7 A' 1379 1328 11.56      
8 A' 1135 1094 20.59      
9 A' 903 870 4.61      
10 A' 505 486 14.47      
11 A" 3112 2998 10.21      
12 A" 1464 1411 7.91      
13 A" 1128 1087 0.01      
14 A" 774 745 0.83      
15 A" 159 153 1.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12197.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9634) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11751.4 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.86575 0.33409 0.29939

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.466 0.000
C2 -0.943 -0.717 0.000
O3 1.215 0.377 0.000
H4 -0.486 1.472 0.000
H5 -0.379 -1.661 0.000
H6 -1.597 -0.663 0.889
H7 -1.597 -0.663 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51351.21821.11752.16112.14882.1488
C21.51352.42002.23681.10011.10491.1049
O31.21822.42002.02322.58763.12743.1274
H41.11752.23682.02323.13562.56622.5662
H52.16111.10012.58763.13561.80871.8087
H62.14881.10493.12742.56621.80871.7783
H72.14881.10493.12742.56621.80871.7783

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.556 C1 C2 H6 109.305
C1 C2 H7 109.305 C2 C1 O3 124.372
C2 C1 H4 115.644 O3 C1 H4 119.984
H5 C2 H6 110.219 H5 C2 H7 110.219
H6 C2 H7 107.167
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability