Benzaldehyde
    Benzaldehyde is the only aromatic molecule studied in this experiment. In addition to the computations performed on the other molecules the IR vibrational spectrum was reported and each peak was labeled with a live display of each primary motion associated with it, and a table of UV-Vis absorption peaks and experimental peaks was reported.
 
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Optimized geometry and partial atomic charges for benzaldehyde calculated using the DZV ab initio results

    The best optimized geometry came from the DZV (Double Zeta Valence) level of ab initio calculations. DZV calculations contained the largest basis set of the computational sets used in this lab and gave the lowest energy geometry of all used levels of calculation. The partial atomic charges were calculated by wxMacMolPlt software and reported in the live display over each atom.
 
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Optimized geometry for benzaldehyde calculated using the 6-21G ab initio results

    The optimized geometry calculated by the 6-21G computational package live image is shown here.
 
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Optimized geometry for benzaldehyde calculated using the 6-31G ab initio results

    The optimized geometry calculated by the 6-31G computational package live image is shown here.
 
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Benzaldehyde Electrostatic potential for DZV ab initio calculation

    This live display shows the electrostatic potential mapped on the molecular surface calculated from the best optimized geometry of the molecule.
 
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Benzaldehyde HOMO for DZV ab initio calculation

    The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) is shown in the live display. The HOMO is the highest energy level that is occupied by electrons in the molecule.
 
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Benzaldehyde LUMO for DZV ab initio calculation

    The lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) is shown in the live display. This is the lowest energy orbital that does not contain electrons.


















   


    The benzaldehyde IR spectrum is shown below with each vibrational frequency (labeled A-J) shown as live display underneath. The circled area of the spectrum is not an observed vibration in the molecule, but rather a combination band likely caused by peaks C and G being observed together. Some similar vibrations were observed at the same wavenumber due to the same atoms vibrating at the same time, the best representation of the vibration was chosen as the peak.
Benzaldehyde IR spectrum
 
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Vibration A live display

    Vibration A is shown here with a wavenumber of 3416.07 cm-1.
 
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Vibration B live display

    Vibration B is shown here with a wavenumber of 3243.32 cm-1.
 
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Vibration C live display

    Vibration C is shown here with a wavenumber of 1771.02 cm-1.
 
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Vibration D live display

    Vibration D is shown here with a wavenumber of 1609.5 cm-1.
 
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Vibration E live display

    Vibration E is shown here with a wavenumber of 1481.67 cm-1.
 
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Vibration F live display

    Vibration F is shown here with a wavenumber of 1335.02 cm-1.
 
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Vibration G live display

    Vibration G is shown here with a wavenumber of 1282.75 cm-1.
 
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Vibration H live display

    Vibration H is shown here with a wavenumber of 1094.36 cm-1.
 
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Vibration I live display

    Vibration I is shown here with a wavenumber of 867.94 cm-1.
 
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Vibration J live display

    Vibration J is shown here with a wavenumber of 709.27 cm-1.
 
The UV-Vis calculated peaks for benzaldehyde are shown at each level of theory, the values are reported in inverse centimeters.
DZV
6-21G
6-31G
62452.26
65968.30
64074.96
64850.07
68187.83
66534.68

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