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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/daug-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 QCISD/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.448960
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.937780
Nuclear repulsion energy69.109983
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 QCISD/daug-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 3158 3158 10.84      
2 A 3108 3108 10.57      
3 A 3035 3035 4.63      
4 A 2941 2941 105.51      
5 A 1785 1785 159.21      
6 A 1465 1465 7.92      
7 A 1455 1455 18.82      
8 A 1417 1417 9.97      
9 A 1376 1376 11.84      
10 A 1133 1133 20.58      
11 A 1126 1126 0.01      
12 A 899 899 4.70      
13 A 771 771 0.72      
14 A 503 503 13.78      
15 A 157 157 1.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12164.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12164.1 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 QCISD/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.86608 0.33351 0.29892

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.233 0.404 0.000
C2 -1.176 -0.150 0.000
O3 1.243 -0.280 0.000
H4 0.311 1.519 0.000
H5 -1.160 -1.250 0.000
H6 -1.715 0.224 0.889
H7 -1.715 0.224 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51401.21961.11772.16242.14822.1482
C21.51402.42242.23571.09971.10471.1047
O31.21962.42242.02542.59163.12903.1290
H41.11772.23572.02543.13552.56342.5634
H52.16241.09972.59163.13551.80841.8084
H62.14821.10473.12902.56341.80841.7778
H72.14821.10473.12902.56341.80841.7778

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.653 C1 C2 H6 109.241
C1 C2 H7 109.241 C2 C1 O3 124.438
C2 C1 H4 115.505 O3 C1 H4 120.057
H5 C2 H6 110.241 H5 C2 H7 110.241
H6 C2 H7 107.148
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability