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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD/TZVP

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.480793
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.970485
Nuclear repulsion energy69.696483
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/TZVP
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' 3185 3040 11.52      
2 A' 3067 2927 4.30      
3 A' 2969 2834 109.29      
4 A' 1829 1746 144.65      
5 A' 1497 1429 17.22      
6 A' 1469 1402 10.30      
7 A' 1421 1356 13.57      
8 A' 1156 1103 22.76      
9 A' 909 867 6.27      
10 A' 520 497 13.74      
11 A" 3136 2993 11.68      
12 A" 1495 1426 9.45      
13 A" 1156 1103 0.01      
14 A" 793 757 0.13      
15 A" 153 146 1.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12377.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11812.8 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/TZVP
ABC
1.90146 0.33853 0.30356

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.464 0.000
C2 -0.936 -0.715 0.000
O3 1.205 0.379 0.000
H4 -0.487 1.456 0.000
H5 -0.373 -1.647 0.000
H6 -1.582 -0.667 0.881
H7 -1.582 -0.667 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50511.20811.10582.14292.13442.1344
C21.50512.40462.21721.08851.09321.0932
O31.20812.40462.00612.56793.10423.1042
H41.10582.21722.00613.10492.54612.5461
H52.14291.08852.56793.10491.78761.7876
H62.13441.09323.10422.54611.78761.7621
H72.13441.09323.10422.54611.78761.7621

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.397 C1 C2 H6 109.447
C1 C2 H7 109.447 C2 C1 O3 124.446
C2 C1 H4 115.400 O3 C1 H4 120.154
H5 C2 H6 110.043 H5 C2 H7 110.043
H6 C2 H7 107.407
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability