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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD/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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.414460
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.927344
Nuclear repulsion energy69.231057
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/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' 3188 3020 9.20      
2 A' 3064 2902 4.12      
3 A' 2941 2786 128.66      
4 A' 1847 1750 137.75      
5 A' 1464 1387 15.12      
6 A' 1438 1362 14.15      
7 A' 1386 1313 11.24      
8 A' 1137 1077 22.00      
9 A' 907 860 4.53      
10 A' 506 480 13.99      
11 A" 3143 2977 10.08      
12 A" 1475 1398 8.45      
13 A" 1137 1077 0.25      
14 A" 782 740 0.35      
15 A" 167 158 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12290.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9473) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11642.7 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.87038 0.33456 0.29993

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.466 0.000
C2 -0.938 -0.723 0.000
O3 1.210 0.387 0.000
H4 -0.509 1.466 0.000
H5 -0.360 -1.662 0.000
H6 -1.592 -0.680 0.890
H7 -1.592 -0.680 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51461.21241.12192.15812.15432.1543
C21.51462.41762.23111.10151.10571.1057
O31.21242.41762.02902.58143.12763.1276
H41.12192.23112.02903.13122.56382.5638
H52.15811.10152.58143.13121.80891.8089
H62.15431.10573.12762.56381.80891.7806
H72.15431.10573.12762.56381.80891.7806

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.160 C1 C2 H6 109.616
C1 C2 H7 109.616 C2 C1 O3 124.517
C2 C1 H4 114.793 O3 C1 H4 120.690
H5 C2 H6 110.073 H5 C2 H7 110.073
H6 C2 H7 107.254
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability