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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/cc-pVTZ

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.635404
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.974136
Nuclear repulsion energy69.715889
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-pVTZ
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 3161 3044        
2 A 3114 2998        
3 A 3057 2944        
4 A 2924 2816        
5 A 1763 1698        
6 A 1492 1437        
7 A 1479 1424        
8 A 1437 1384        
9 A 1389 1338        
10 A 1140 1098        
11 A 1139 1097        
12 A 899 866        
13 A 786 757        
14 A 503 485        
15 A 166 160        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12224.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9629) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11771.2 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-pVTZ
ABC
1.90979 0.33875 0.30378

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.228 0.401 -0.000
C2 -1.166 -0.150 -0.000
O3 1.235 -0.275 0.000
H4 0.296 1.502 -0.000
H5 -1.144 -1.235 -0.000
H6 -1.701 0.215 0.877
H7 -1.701 0.215 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49891.21351.10302.13492.12652.1265
C21.49892.40492.20611.08501.08971.0897
O31.21352.40492.01022.56573.10313.1032
H41.10302.20612.01023.09242.53202.5319
H52.13491.08502.56573.09241.78341.7834
H62.12651.08973.10312.53201.78341.7535
H72.12651.08973.10322.53191.78341.7535

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.400 C1 C2 H6 109.443
C1 C2 H7 109.443 C2 C1 O3 124.564
C2 C1 H4 115.113 O3 C1 H4 120.323
H5 C2 H6 110.181 H5 C2 H7 110.181
H6 C2 H7 107.129
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability