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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CHO (benzaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-345.249804
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-345.249804
Nuclear repulsion energy322.060419
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 PBE1PBE/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3220 3089 9.26 252.30 0.13 0.23
2 A' 3214 3083 9.83 59.91 0.19 0.33
3 A' 3204 3074 9.84 86.21 0.75 0.86
4 A' 3192 3063 1.09 82.65 0.71 0.83
5 A' 3181 3052 4.06 48.15 0.43 0.60
6 A' 2907 2789 127.02 146.78 0.29 0.45
7 A' 1822 1748 257.68 77.47 0.37 0.54
8 A' 1672 1604 28.17 76.78 0.52 0.68
9 A' 1655 1588 11.07 7.91 0.53 0.69
10 A' 1531 1468 0.66 1.37 0.28 0.44
11 A' 1494 1433 14.32 1.33 0.29 0.45
12 A' 1420 1363 9.27 2.94 0.68 0.81
13 A' 1382 1326 6.22 0.87 0.71 0.83
14 A' 1335 1281 15.88 1.70 0.45 0.62
15 A' 1239 1189 62.25 24.96 0.24 0.39
16 A' 1187 1139 16.09 6.33 0.17 0.28
17 A' 1183 1135 2.33 6.57 0.69 0.82
18 A' 1106 1061 6.70 0.65 0.20 0.33
19 A' 1053 1010 2.68 13.36 0.09 0.17
20 A' 1021 980 0.28 24.02 0.09 0.16
21 A' 847 812 32.77 9.58 0.15 0.25
22 A' 664 637 24.09 3.13 0.35 0.52
23 A' 628 602 0.56 5.68 0.75 0.86
24 A' 444 426 0.18 5.48 0.35 0.52
25 A' 217 209 7.89 0.64 0.54 0.70
26 A" 1044 1002 0.53 4.72 0.75 0.86
27 A" 1021 980 0.00 0.15 0.75 0.86
28 A" 1003 962 0.05 0.14 0.75 0.86
29 A" 948 909 1.40 0.15 0.75 0.86
30 A" 871 836 0.04 0.84 0.75 0.86
31 A" 767 736 48.32 0.23 0.75 0.86
32 A" 710 682 34.73 0.07 0.75 0.86
33 A" 468 449 8.12 0.24 0.75 0.86
34 A" 418 401 0.05 0.01 0.75 0.86
35 A" 241 231 8.35 1.09 0.75 0.86
36 A" 123 118 3.65 2.13 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24215.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23232.4 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
0.17599 0.05255 0.04047

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.572 0.000
C2 -1.035 -0.366 0.000
C3 -0.739 -1.718 0.000
C4 0.590 -2.140 0.000
C5 1.624 -1.210 0.000
C6 1.327 0.146 0.000
C7 -0.307 2.016 0.000
O8 -1.419 2.481 0.000
H9 0.587 2.678 0.000
H10 -2.058 -0.005 0.000
H11 -1.539 -2.451 0.000
H12 0.819 -3.201 0.000
H13 2.656 -1.544 0.000
H14 2.126 0.884 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.39622.40622.77532.41091.39391.47632.37862.18622.13713.39183.86063.39572.1483
C21.39621.38462.40582.78932.41662.49002.87223.44841.08492.14523.38743.87403.3981
C32.40621.38461.39392.41622.78263.75894.25374.59152.16231.08502.15043.39883.8695
C42.77532.40581.39391.39032.40204.25165.03864.81783.40142.15151.08532.15003.3913
C52.41092.78932.41621.39031.38843.75984.78364.02403.87383.39712.14711.08482.1533
C61.39392.41662.78262.40201.38842.48343.60472.63783.38843.86763.38542.14991.0869
C71.47632.49003.75894.25163.75982.48341.20531.11242.67364.63325.33694.63182.6833
O82.37862.87224.25375.03864.78363.60471.20532.01562.56644.93286.10665.72763.8879
H92.18623.44844.59154.81784.02402.63781.11242.01563.76715.55165.88334.70172.3636
H102.13711.08492.16233.40143.87383.38842.67362.56643.76712.50014.30004.95864.2767
H113.39182.14521.08502.15153.39713.86764.63324.93285.55162.50012.47444.29154.9544
H123.86063.38742.15041.08532.14713.38545.33696.10665.88334.30002.47442.47364.2885
H133.39573.87403.39882.15001.08482.14994.63185.72764.70174.95864.29152.47362.4851
H142.14833.39813.86953.39132.15331.08692.68333.88792.36364.27674.95444.28852.4851

picture of benzaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.834 C1 C2 H10 118.405
C1 C6 C5 120.114 C1 C6 H14 119.475
C1 C7 O8 124.698 C1 C7 H9 114.509
C2 C1 C6 120.033 C2 C1 C7 120.169
C2 C3 C4 119.962 C2 C3 H11 120.115
C3 C2 H10 121.761 C3 C4 C5 120.417
C3 C4 H12 119.793 C4 C3 H11 119.923
C4 C5 C6 119.641 C4 C5 H13 120.105
C5 C4 H12 119.790 C5 C6 H14 120.411
C6 C1 C7 119.798 C6 C5 H13 120.254
O8 C7 H9 120.793
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.224      
2 C -0.023      
3 C -0.107      
4 C -0.082      
5 C -0.107      
6 C -0.055      
7 C 0.248      
8 O -0.295      
9 H 0.074      
10 H 0.122      
11 H 0.115      
12 H 0.115      
13 H 0.112      
14 H 0.108      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.237 -2.366 0.000 3.256
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.008 6.029 0.000
y 6.029 -46.066 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.966
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.508 6.029 0.000
y 6.029 0.421 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.929
Polar
3z2-r2-7.858
x2-y22.058
xy6.029
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.935 -1.057 0.000
y -1.057 15.168 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.919


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.060
(<r2>)1/2 16.126