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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)=FULL/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(T)=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.474084
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.937239
Nuclear repulsion energy68.989123
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(T)=FULL/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 3147 3147        
2 A 3096 3096        
3 A 3020 3020        
4 A 2917 2917        
5 A 1755 1755        
6 A 1454 1454        
7 A 1444 1444        
8 A 1403 1403        
9 A 1361 1361        
10 A 1122 1122        
11 A 1110 1110        
12 A 889 889        
13 A 760 760        
14 A 497 497        
15 A 151 151        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12062.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12062.6 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(T)=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.86069 0.33240 0.29791

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.231 0.405 -0.000
C2 -1.178 -0.151 -0.000
O3 1.246 -0.280 0.000
H4 0.310 1.521 -0.000
H5 -1.160 -1.252 -0.001
H6 -1.716 0.222 0.890
H7 -1.717 0.224 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51511.22371.11892.16322.14922.1492
C21.51512.42692.23841.10031.10541.1054
O31.22372.42692.02942.59443.13333.1340
H41.11892.23842.02943.13802.56602.5651
H52.16321.10032.59443.13801.81021.8102
H62.14921.10543.13332.56601.81021.7788
H72.14921.10543.13402.56511.81021.7788

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.602 C1 C2 H6 109.206
C1 C2 H7 109.206 C2 C1 O3 124.440
C2 C1 H4 115.565 O3 C1 H4 119.995
H5 C2 H6 110.305 H5 C2 H7 110.305
H6 C2 H7 107.142
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability