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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.573206
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.977094
Nuclear repulsion energy69.789205
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-pVTZ
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' 3171 3031 8.02      
2 A' 3054 2919 3.22      
3 A' 2955 2824 91.57      
4 A' 1829 1749 158.99      
5 A' 1489 1423 19.96      
6 A' 1442 1378 11.75      
7 A' 1408 1346 13.45      
8 A' 1151 1100 21.94      
9 A' 910 869 5.99      
10 A' 512 490 14.35      
11 A" 3120 2982 7.54      
12 A" 1500 1433 8.79      
13 A" 1152 1101 0.00      
14 A" 789 754 1.07      
15 A" 160 153 1.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12320.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11775.8 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-pVTZ
ABC
1.90506 0.33967 0.30448

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.463 0.000
C2 -0.935 -0.713 0.000
O3 1.204 0.377 0.000
H4 -0.483 1.456 0.000
H5 -0.376 -1.646 0.000
H6 -1.582 -0.662 0.879
H7 -1.582 -0.662 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50221.20681.10492.14182.13042.1304
C21.50222.40032.21611.08731.09231.0923
O31.20682.40032.00282.56633.09993.0999
H41.10492.21612.00283.10412.54292.5429
H52.14181.08732.56633.10411.78711.7871
H62.13041.09233.09992.54291.78711.7574
H72.13041.09233.09992.54291.78711.7574

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.583 C1 C2 H6 109.379
C1 C2 H7 109.379 C2 C1 O3 124.398
C2 C1 H4 115.588 O3 C1 H4 120.015
H5 C2 H6 110.158 H5 C2 H7 110.158
H6 C2 H7 107.113
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability