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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/aug-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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.621019
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.977908
Nuclear repulsion energy70.206550
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 MP3=FULL/aug-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 3192 3192 6.82      
2 A 3145 3145 5.72      
3 A 3087 3087 2.37      
4 A 2988 2988 86.26      
5 A 1889 1889 167.70      
6 A 1511 1511 9.51      
7 A 1499 1499 20.48      
8 A 1461 1461 12.73      
9 A 1416 1416 17.44      
10 A 1167 1167 0.01      
11 A 1161 1161 22.80      
12 A 921 921 5.88      
13 A 798 798 1.34      
14 A 516 516 15.10      
15 A 158 158 1.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12454.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12454.0 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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.92817 0.34357 0.30809

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.233 0.397 0.000
C2 -1.160 -0.147 0.000
O3 1.223 -0.276 0.000
H4 0.310 1.493 0.000
H5 -1.147 -1.230 0.000
H6 -1.691 0.222 0.876
H7 -1.691 0.222 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49471.19711.09882.13342.12032.1203
C21.49472.38612.20181.08371.08841.0884
O31.19712.38611.99042.55513.08263.0826
H41.09882.20181.99043.08852.52652.5265
H52.13341.08372.55513.08851.78091.7809
H62.12031.08843.08262.52651.78091.7514
H72.12031.08843.08262.52651.78091.7514

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.664 C1 C2 H6 109.333
C1 C2 H7 109.333 C2 C1 O3 124.490
C2 C1 H4 115.354 O3 C1 H4 120.156
H5 C2 H6 110.148 H5 C2 H7 110.148
H6 C2 H7 107.140
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability