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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.527123
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.527123
Nuclear repulsion energy318.707229
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/6-311G*
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' 3113 3105 12.79 197.84 0.14 0.25
2 A' 3104 3096 29.23 154.72 0.15 0.26
3 A' 3093 3085 27.41 96.05 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3082 3074 2.12 103.64 0.68 0.81
5 A' 3072 3064 7.37 45.91 0.48 0.65
6 A' 2769 2762 168.90 164.53 0.31 0.47
7 A' 1697 1693 220.53 69.62 0.38 0.55
8 A' 1581 1577 31.65 81.74 0.52 0.68
9 A' 1564 1560 14.33 11.38 0.51 0.67
10 A' 1479 1475 0.71 0.95 0.32 0.49
11 A' 1446 1443 13.40 2.13 0.25 0.40
12 A' 1386 1383 4.82 3.11 0.56 0.72
13 A' 1324 1321 4.03 0.80 0.74 0.85
14 A' 1303 1300 16.35 1.14 0.50 0.67
15 A' 1185 1182 38.92 13.61 0.32 0.49
16 A' 1162 1159 4.36 4.87 0.52 0.68
17 A' 1157 1154 42.79 14.95 0.26 0.41
18 A' 1072 1069 5.21 0.56 0.32 0.48
19 A' 1014 1011 2.78 6.32 0.10 0.18
20 A' 989 987 1.06 32.48 0.09 0.17
21 A' 813 811 30.45 11.74 0.13 0.24
22 A' 646 644 21.47 3.10 0.36 0.53
23 A' 617 615 0.27 5.98 0.75 0.86
24 A' 430 429 0.26 7.14 0.35 0.52
25 A' 216 215 6.78 0.58 0.53 0.70
26 A" 992 990 0.83 5.37 0.75 0.86
27 A" 961 958 0.00 0.25 0.75 0.86
28 A" 936 934 0.11 0.14 0.75 0.86
29 A" 897 895 1.27 0.31 0.75 0.86
30 A" 828 826 0.07 2.23 0.75 0.86
31 A" 736 734 42.82 0.59 0.75 0.86
32 A" 682 680 34.52 0.14 0.75 0.86
33 A" 454 453 6.33 0.39 0.75 0.86
34 A" 405 404 0.05 0.00 0.75 0.86
35 A" 234 234 6.73 1.15 0.75 0.86
36 A" 120 120 2.91 2.47 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23278.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23220.1 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.17280 0.05132 0.03957

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.578 0.000
C2 -1.045 -0.370 0.000
C3 -0.749 -1.736 0.000
C4 0.591 -2.166 0.000
C5 1.636 -1.228 0.000
C6 1.340 0.142 0.000
C7 -0.305 2.036 0.000
O8 -1.427 2.521 0.000
H9 0.601 2.699 0.000
H10 -2.076 -0.010 0.000
H11 -1.557 -2.471 0.000
H12 0.819 -3.234 0.000
H13 2.675 -1.565 0.000
H14 2.148 0.879 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.41172.43272.80722.43711.40961.48952.41042.20382.15753.42393.89953.42772.1685
C21.41171.39742.42932.81522.43982.51812.91633.48271.09142.16213.41733.90713.4288
C32.43271.39741.40762.43882.80913.79854.31054.63572.17651.09212.16903.42803.9028
C42.80722.42931.40761.40412.42604.29665.10284.86473.42892.16971.09232.16823.4200
C52.43712.81522.43881.40411.40113.79774.84124.06103.90633.42642.16601.09202.1686
C61.40962.43982.80912.42601.40112.50923.64962.66203.41923.90123.41562.16671.0937
C71.48952.51813.79854.29663.79772.50921.22251.12182.70654.67815.38904.67432.7115
O82.41042.91634.31055.10284.84123.64961.22252.03562.61304.99366.17795.78983.9335
H92.20383.48274.63574.86474.06102.66201.12182.03563.80815.60205.93694.74192.3881
H102.15751.09142.17653.42893.90633.41922.70652.61303.80812.51474.33284.99824.3159
H113.42392.16211.09212.16973.42643.90124.67814.99365.60202.51472.49584.32734.9949
H123.89953.41732.16901.09232.16603.41565.38906.17795.93694.33282.49582.49524.3227
H133.42773.90713.42802.16821.09202.16674.67435.78984.74194.99824.32732.49522.5011
H142.16853.42883.90283.42002.16861.09372.71153.93352.38814.31594.99494.32272.5011

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.995 C1 C2 H10 118.513
C1 C6 C5 120.242 C1 C6 H14 119.519
C1 C7 O8 125.153 C1 C7 H9 114.387
C2 C1 C6 119.719 C2 C1 C7 120.422
C2 C3 C4 120.014 C2 C3 H11 120.066
C3 C2 H10 121.492 C3 C4 C5 120.310
C3 C4 H12 119.841 C4 C3 H11 119.920
C4 C5 C6 119.720 C4 C5 H13 120.088
C5 C4 H12 119.848 C5 C6 H14 120.239
C6 C1 C7 119.859 C6 C5 H13 120.192
O8 C7 H9 120.461
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.026      
2 C -0.150      
3 C -0.179      
4 C -0.159      
5 C -0.179      
6 C -0.180      
7 C 0.049      
8 O -0.257      
9 H 0.137      
10 H 0.197      
11 H 0.188      
12 H 0.187      
13 H 0.186      
14 H 0.186      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.152 -2.493 0.000 3.293
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.784 5.776 0.000
y 5.776 -47.158 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.260
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.425 5.776 0.000
y 5.776 -0.136 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.289
Polar
3z2-r2-6.577
x2-y22.374
xy5.776
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.466 -1.154 0.000
y -1.154 16.196 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.837


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 265.653
(<r2>)1/2 16.299