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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/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 MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.437630
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.926224
Nuclear repulsion energy68.990587
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 MP4=FULL/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 3184 3073        
2 A 3141 3031        
3 A 3056 2949        
4 A 2897 2796        
5 A 1773 1711        
6 A 1469 1418        
7 A 1455 1404        
8 A 1415 1366        
9 A 1371 1323        
10 A 1125 1086        
11 A 1120 1081        
12 A 894 863        
13 A 771 744        
14 A 497 480        
15 A 165 159        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12166.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9651) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11742.2 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 MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.86340 0.33217 0.29783

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.233 0.403 0.000
C2 -1.178 -0.151 0.000
O3 1.246 -0.278 -0.000
H4 0.293 1.527 0.000
H5 -1.153 -1.253 0.000
H6 -1.721 0.218 0.890
H7 -1.721 0.217 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51581.22111.12502.15952.15502.1550
C21.51582.42752.23091.10201.10601.1060
O31.22112.42752.04122.58993.13723.1370
H41.12502.23092.04123.13302.56112.5614
H52.15951.10202.58993.13301.81011.8101
H62.15501.10603.13722.56111.81011.7806
H72.15501.10603.13702.56141.81011.7806

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.166 C1 C2 H6 109.572
C1 C2 H7 109.572 C2 C1 O3 124.640
C2 C1 H4 114.487 O3 C1 H4 120.873
H5 C2 H6 110.130 H5 C2 H7 110.130
H6 C2 H7 107.221
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability