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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.441190
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.441190
Nuclear repulsion energy318.147575
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 BLYP/6-31G*
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' 3132 3107 9.81 159.90 0.13 0.23
2 A' 3123 3097 25.14 164.61 0.12 0.22
3 A' 3112 3087 24.07 89.19 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3101 3076 1.70 93.60 0.68 0.81
5 A' 3090 3065 6.64 44.15 0.46 0.63
6 A' 2788 2765 156.12 126.44 0.31 0.47
7 A' 1714 1700 199.94 71.06 0.34 0.51
8 A' 1595 1582 29.26 82.75 0.53 0.69
9 A' 1578 1565 13.22 12.67 0.53 0.69
10 A' 1490 1478 1.32 0.62 0.33 0.49
11 A' 1457 1445 11.47 1.82 0.23 0.37
12 A' 1401 1390 5.35 4.26 0.60 0.75
13 A' 1340 1329 4.02 0.67 0.75 0.86
14 A' 1310 1300 15.84 1.24 0.58 0.73
15 A' 1194 1184 42.32 15.69 0.34 0.51
16 A' 1167 1158 9.30 5.86 0.41 0.58
17 A' 1163 1154 30.60 14.10 0.36 0.53
18 A' 1078 1069 3.87 0.72 0.32 0.49
19 A' 1019 1010 1.27 8.71 0.11 0.20
20 A' 988 980 0.78 25.79 0.10 0.19
21 A' 817 810 27.71 12.07 0.14 0.25
22 A' 644 639 20.08 2.86 0.40 0.58
23 A' 614 609 0.30 5.64 0.75 0.86
24 A' 430 427 0.22 7.08 0.35 0.52
25 A' 215 214 6.76 0.55 0.56 0.72
26 A" 997 989 0.26 7.31 0.75 0.86
27 A" 967 959 0.02 0.19 0.75 0.86
28 A" 942 935 0.12 0.03 0.75 0.86
29 A" 906 898 1.34 1.29 0.75 0.86
30 A" 839 832 0.03 6.99 0.75 0.86
31 A" 741 735 36.32 2.49 0.75 0.86
32 A" 682 677 15.02 0.21 0.75 0.86
33 A" 455 451 2.82 0.61 0.75 0.86
34 A" 406 403 0.13 0.02 0.75 0.86
35 A" 235 233 5.01 1.16 0.75 0.86
36 A" 122 121 3.36 2.60 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23425.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23236.0 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.17195 0.05122 0.03947

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.580 0.000
C2 -1.047 -0.371 0.000
C3 -0.748 -1.739 0.000
C4 0.596 -2.168 0.000
C5 1.642 -1.226 0.000
C6 1.344 0.145 0.000
C7 -0.306 2.037 0.000
O8 -1.437 2.519 0.000
H9 0.601 2.699 0.000
H10 -2.078 -0.010 0.000
H11 -1.556 -2.477 0.000
H12 0.826 -3.237 0.000
H13 2.682 -1.563 0.000
H14 2.149 0.888 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.41452.43692.81162.44101.41221.48832.41352.20272.16043.43013.90573.43332.1709
C21.41451.40012.43412.82122.44552.51902.91633.48471.09312.16623.42373.91503.4349
C32.43691.40011.41042.44412.81523.80144.31344.63892.18191.09392.17303.43513.9107
C42.81162.43411.41041.40722.43074.29985.10844.86693.43612.17371.09422.17283.4275
C52.44102.82122.44411.40721.40363.80024.84854.06133.91403.43342.17001.09382.1741
C61.41222.44552.81522.43071.40362.50993.65632.65993.42543.90913.42182.17011.0955
C71.48832.51903.80144.29983.80022.50991.22971.12362.70694.68305.39404.67842.7109
O82.41352.91634.31345.10844.84853.65631.22972.04652.60844.99696.18515.79943.9401
H92.20273.48474.63894.86694.06132.65991.12362.04653.81025.60745.94084.74312.3830
H102.16041.09312.18193.43613.91403.42542.70692.60843.81022.52174.34195.00784.3216
H113.43012.16621.09392.17373.43343.90914.68304.99695.60742.52172.50044.33595.0046
H123.90573.42372.17301.09422.17003.42185.39406.18515.94084.34192.50042.50034.3320
H133.43333.91503.43512.17281.09382.17014.67845.79944.74315.00784.33592.50032.5078
H142.17093.43493.91073.42752.17411.09552.71093.94012.38304.32165.00464.33202.5078

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.945 C1 C2 H10 118.423
C1 C6 C5 120.204 C1 C6 H14 119.388
C1 C7 O8 124.969 C1 C7 H9 114.268
C2 C1 C6 119.796 C2 C1 C7 120.385
C2 C3 C4 120.006 C2 C3 H11 120.078
C3 C2 H10 121.632 C3 C4 C5 120.333
C3 C4 H12 119.837 C4 C3 H11 119.915
C4 C5 C6 119.717 C4 C5 H13 120.116
C5 C4 H12 119.830 C5 C6 H14 120.409
C6 C1 C7 119.819 C6 C5 H13 120.167
O8 C7 H9 120.763
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.151      
2 C -0.142      
3 C -0.100      
4 C -0.091      
5 C -0.102      
6 C -0.161      
7 C 0.163      
8 O -0.381      
9 H 0.079      
10 H 0.133      
11 H 0.113      
12 H 0.113      
13 H 0.112      
14 H 0.112      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.108 -2.498 0.000 3.269
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.212 5.596 0.000
y 5.596 -46.686 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -47.752
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.008 5.596 0.000
y 5.596 -0.704 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.303
Polar
3z2-r2-4.607
x2-y22.475
xy5.596
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.901 -1.221 0.000
y -1.221 15.725 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.889


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 265.728
(<r2>)1/2 16.301