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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-345.361798
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.361798
Nuclear repulsion energy317.035024
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' 3147 3123 15.61 221.81 0.11 0.20
2 A' 3138 3114 25.36 92.98 0.15 0.25
3 A' 3126 3102 24.08 87.25 0.75 0.85
4 A' 3114 3090 2.25 92.61 0.70 0.82
5 A' 3103 3080 6.27 41.10 0.51 0.68
6 A' 2844 2822 146.19 130.63 0.30 0.46
7 A' 1628 1616 113.12 33.34 0.30 0.46
8 A' 1593 1581 47.56 106.31 0.51 0.67
9 A' 1569 1557 46.50 36.38 0.46 0.63
10 A' 1501 1489 0.63 0.70 0.29 0.45
11 A' 1465 1453 18.80 4.86 0.31 0.47
12 A' 1401 1391 5.12 6.11 0.40 0.57
13 A' 1348 1338 5.51 1.44 0.74 0.85
14 A' 1331 1321 11.77 1.13 0.64 0.78
15 A' 1216 1207 41.56 13.22 0.34 0.51
16 A' 1195 1186 3.77 6.01 0.59 0.74
17 A' 1188 1179 35.99 14.10 0.30 0.46
18 A' 1089 1081 3.90 0.65 0.48 0.65
19 A' 1027 1020 2.33 3.48 0.13 0.24
20 A' 1002 995 1.14 33.61 0.12 0.21
21 A' 824 818 23.23 14.61 0.14 0.25
22 A' 651 646 22.23 3.15 0.42 0.59
23 A' 630 625 0.20 5.86 0.75 0.86
24 A' 439 435 0.11 8.37 0.35 0.52
25 A' 217 216 7.63 0.87 0.60 0.75
26 A" 1010 1002 1.73 5.88 0.75 0.86
27 A" 992 985 0.42 1.60 0.75 0.86
28 A" 971 963 0.11 0.00 0.75 0.86
29 A" 925 918 1.16 1.10 0.75 0.86
30 A" 855 848 0.06 6.69 0.75 0.86
31 A" 756 750 42.01 2.55 0.75 0.86
32 A" 697 691 23.95 0.25 0.75 0.86
33 A" 465 461 4.64 0.60 0.75 0.86
34 A" 413 410 0.12 0.04 0.75 0.86
35 A" 243 241 6.52 1.47 0.75 0.86
36 A" 127 126 3.90 2.40 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23618.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23439.1 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/6-31G
ABC
0.17079 0.05091 0.03922

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 0.584 0.000
C2 -1.047 -0.374 0.000
C3 -0.744 -1.745 0.000
C4 0.604 -2.172 0.000
C5 1.651 -1.225 0.000
C6 1.349 0.149 0.000
C7 -0.304 2.034 0.000
O8 -1.461 2.525 0.000
H9 0.591 2.702 0.000
H10 -2.080 -0.017 0.000
H11 -1.550 -2.484 0.000
H12 0.837 -3.240 0.000
H13 2.691 -1.559 0.000
H14 2.153 0.893 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.41942.44492.82122.44861.41731.48202.42982.19892.16463.43673.91433.43972.1747
C21.41941.40402.44132.82902.45312.52022.92883.48501.09222.16863.42993.92173.4417
C32.44491.40401.41452.45092.82363.80474.33014.64302.18381.09272.17623.44063.9180
C42.82122.44131.41451.41152.43824.30315.13124.87393.44192.17621.09312.17533.4337
C52.44862.82902.45091.41151.40713.80044.87294.06733.92093.43902.17321.09262.1762
C61.41732.45312.82362.43821.40712.50723.67972.66273.43283.91633.42802.17221.0945
C71.48202.52023.80474.30313.80042.50721.25641.11672.71264.68635.39624.67772.7093
O82.42982.92884.33015.13124.87293.67971.25642.05902.61665.00996.20645.82383.9652
H92.19893.48504.64304.87394.06732.66271.11672.05903.81085.61005.94704.75012.3903
H102.16461.09222.18383.44193.92093.43282.71262.61663.81082.52304.34685.01364.3290
H113.43672.16861.09272.17623.43903.91634.68635.00995.61002.52302.50364.34055.0107
H123.91433.42992.17621.09312.17323.42805.39626.20645.94704.34682.50362.50304.3371
H133.43973.92173.44062.17531.09262.17224.67775.82384.75015.01364.34052.50302.5097
H142.17473.44173.91803.43372.17621.09452.70933.96522.39034.32905.01074.33712.5097

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.978 C1 C2 H10 118.475
C1 C6 C5 120.212 C1 C6 H14 119.398
C1 C7 O8 124.872 C1 C7 H9 114.870
C2 C1 C6 119.719 C2 C1 C7 120.586
C2 C3 C4 120.031 C2 C3 H11 120.071
C3 C2 H10 121.546 C3 C4 C5 120.284
C3 C4 H12 119.870 C4 C3 H11 119.898
C4 C5 C6 119.774 C4 C5 H13 120.067
C5 C4 H12 119.846 C5 C6 H14 120.389
C6 C1 C7 119.695 C6 C5 H13 120.158
O8 C7 H9 120.258
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 0.098      
2 C -0.106      
3 C -0.099      
4 C -0.082      
5 C -0.099      
6 C -0.128      
7 C 0.121      
8 O -0.362      
9 H 0.085      
10 H 0.135      
11 H 0.110      
12 H 0.109      
13 H 0.108      
14 H 0.111      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.368 -2.731 0.000 3.615
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.949 6.418 0.000
y 6.418 -47.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.138
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.886 6.418 0.000
y 6.418 -0.989 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.897
Polar
3z2-r2-3.795
x2-y22.584
xy6.418
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.878 -1.371 0.000
y -1.371 15.648 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.492


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 267.558
(<r2>)1/2 16.357