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All results from a given calculation for C6H5COOH (benzoic acid)

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-419.468304
Energy at 298.15K-419.475682
Nuclear repulsion energy408.124453
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 CID/6-311G**
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' 4049 4049 133.42      
2 A' 3357 3357 2.26      
3 A' 3351 3351 3.78      
4 A' 3335 3335 14.04      
5 A' 3324 3324 11.19      
6 A' 3310 3310 0.44      
7 A' 1958 1958 406.48      
8 A' 1762 1762 18.05      
9 A' 1740 1740 4.69      
10 A' 1616 1616 5.22      
11 A' 1564 1564 25.17      
12 A' 1477 1477 164.01      
13 A' 1414 1414 6.01      
14 A' 1348 1348 8.68      
15 A' 1299 1299 247.39      
16 A' 1256 1256 32.57      
17 A' 1221 1221 1.53      
18 A' 1194 1194 57.61      
19 A' 1153 1153 17.30      
20 A' 1099 1099 7.03      
21 A' 1061 1061 0.45      
22 A' 822 822 20.12      
23 A' 678 678 58.95      
24 A' 656 656 0.10      
25 A' 524 524 4.77      
26 A' 403 403 5.43      
27 A' 229 229 1.46      
28 A" 1053 1053 0.03      
29 A" 1040 1040 0.06      
30 A" 1006 1006 0.71      
31 A" 923 923 0.02      
32 A" 866 866 2.81      
33 A" 776 776 157.98      
34 A" 667 667 1.19      
35 A" 595 595 77.37      
36 A" 450 450 12.06      
37 A" 430 430 0.76      
38 A" 169 169 0.91      
39 A" 66 66 0.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26619.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26619.5 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 CID/6-311G**
ABC
0.13176 0.04141 0.03151

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.218 0.000
C2 1.270 -0.346 0.000
C3 1.413 -1.722 0.000
C4 0.289 -2.535 0.000
C5 -0.978 -1.973 0.000
C6 -1.126 -0.596 0.000
C7 -0.102 1.700 0.000
O8 0.830 2.441 0.000
O9 -1.361 2.140 0.000
H10 2.127 0.302 0.000
H11 2.396 -2.160 0.000
H12 0.401 -3.606 0.000
H13 -1.849 -2.605 0.000
H14 -2.105 -0.152 0.000
H15 -1.320 3.090 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.38952.39992.76822.39921.38921.48542.37302.35472.12903.37583.84523.37492.13703.1610
C21.38951.38292.39842.77452.40842.46332.82183.61951.07532.13493.37373.85103.37994.3031
C32.39991.38291.38742.40432.77733.74204.20344.75452.14651.07652.13913.37993.85195.5340
C42.76822.39841.38741.38632.40044.25295.00554.95723.38092.14061.07702.13953.37735.8508
C52.39922.77452.40431.38631.38483.77584.77004.13013.84973.37972.13771.07652.14075.0744
C61.38922.40842.77732.40041.38482.51383.61242.74553.37493.85373.37532.13541.07463.6911
C71.48542.46333.74204.25293.77582.51381.19091.33392.63104.59755.32994.64612.72811.8486
O82.37302.82184.20345.00554.77003.61241.19092.21222.50124.86006.06255.71353.91672.2465
O92.35473.61954.75454.95724.13012.74551.33392.21223.94275.70986.00984.76952.40950.9515
H102.12901.07532.14653.38093.84973.37492.63102.50123.94272.47674.27294.92614.25644.4337
H113.37582.13491.07652.14063.37973.85374.59754.86005.70982.47672.46474.26914.92846.4323
H123.84523.37372.13911.07702.13773.37535.32996.06256.00984.27292.46472.46294.26696.9140
H133.37493.85103.37992.13951.07652.13544.64615.71354.76954.92614.26912.46292.46585.7196
H142.13703.37993.85193.37732.14071.07462.72813.91672.40954.25644.92844.26692.46583.3360
H153.16104.30315.53405.85085.07443.69111.84862.24650.95154.43376.43236.91405.71963.3360

picture of benzoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.915 C1 C2 H10 118.934
C1 C6 C5 119.744 C1 C6 H14 119.761
C1 C7 O8 124.560 C1 C7 O9 113.169
C2 C1 C6 120.169 C2 C1 C7 117.893
C2 C3 C4 119.935 C2 C3 H11 119.956
C3 C2 H10 121.151 C3 C4 C5 120.185
C3 C4 H12 119.923 C4 C3 H11 120.109
C4 C5 C6 120.051 C4 C5 H13 120.105
C5 C4 H12 119.892 C5 C6 H14 120.496
C6 C1 C7 121.938 C6 C5 H13 119.844
C7 O9 H15 106.777 O8 C7 O9 122.271
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability