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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.405838
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-419.982331
Nuclear repulsion energy404.569244
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*
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' 3709 3519 83.96      
2 A' 3257 3090 2.78      
3 A' 3251 3084 4.77      
4 A' 3236 3070 18.27      
5 A' 3227 3061 13.43      
6 A' 3215 3050 0.38      
7 A' 1819 1725 273.89      
8 A' 1674 1588 14.93      
9 A' 1653 1568 4.94      
10 A' 1553 1473 2.44      
11 A' 1507 1430 17.56      
12 A' 1408 1336 124.16      
13 A' 1393 1321 4.84      
14 A' 1365 1295 3.93      
15 A' 1235 1172 125.67      
16 A' 1215 1153 118.29      
17 A' 1207 1145 0.66      
18 A' 1135 1077 44.05      
19 A' 1111 1054 69.14      
20 A' 1060 1006 12.00      
21 A' 1024 972 0.83      
22 A' 782 742 9.98      
23 A' 638 605 52.48      
24 A' 633 601 0.56      
25 A' 500 474 5.68      
26 A' 386 366 5.76      
27 A' 218 207 1.31      
28 A" 976 926 0.05      
29 A" 968 919 0.17      
30 A" 943 894 1.30      
31 A" 867 823 0.07      
32 A" 808 766 0.02      
33 A" 730 692 144.91      
34 A" 678 643 3.18      
35 A" 614 583 59.10      
36 A" 432 410 6.50      
37 A" 413 391 0.47      
38 A" 160 152 0.57      
39 A" 67 63 0.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25532.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9487) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24222.3 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.12900 0.04088 0.03104

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.221 0.000
C2 1.276 -0.355 0.000
C3 1.413 -1.740 0.000
C4 0.278 -2.553 0.000
C5 -0.995 -1.980 0.000
C6 -1.139 -0.594 0.000
C7 -0.091 1.703 0.000
O8 0.861 2.462 0.000
O9 -1.372 2.155 0.000
H10 2.142 0.298 0.000
H11 2.402 -2.186 0.000
H12 0.385 -3.633 0.000
H13 -1.876 -2.613 0.000
H14 -2.123 -0.142 0.000
H15 -1.301 3.128 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.40022.41732.78852.41591.40061.48402.40012.37102.14323.40073.87393.39942.15393.1845
C21.40021.39182.41472.79312.42672.47002.84673.64851.08392.14953.39763.87823.40594.3326
C32.41731.39181.39692.42062.79733.75654.23744.78832.16381.08502.15483.40383.88055.5734
C42.78852.41471.39691.39632.41774.27185.04874.98923.40632.15621.08542.15513.40275.8966
C52.41592.79312.42061.39631.39343.79214.81404.15243.87683.40402.15391.08502.15645.1171
C61.40062.42672.79732.41771.39342.52453.65192.75923.39963.88233.39992.14971.08323.7255
C71.48402.47003.75654.27183.79212.52451.21751.35872.63774.61885.35714.67062.74461.8700
O82.40012.84674.23745.04874.81403.65191.21752.25392.51444.89616.11355.76613.96032.2627
O92.37103.64854.78834.98924.15242.75921.35872.25393.97435.75226.04944.79512.41700.9752
H102.14321.08392.16383.40633.87683.39962.63772.51443.97432.49704.30584.96194.28744.4569
H113.40072.14951.08502.15623.40403.88234.61884.89615.75222.49702.48314.30024.96556.4769
H123.87393.39762.15481.08542.15393.39995.35716.11356.04944.30582.48312.48114.29896.9684
H133.39943.87823.40382.15511.08502.14974.67065.76614.79514.96194.30022.48112.48345.7698
H142.15393.40593.88053.40272.15641.08322.74463.96032.41704.28744.96554.29892.48343.3716
H153.18454.33265.57345.89665.11713.72551.87002.26270.97524.45696.47696.96845.76983.3716

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 119.947 C1 C2 H10 118.699
C1 C6 C5 119.701 C1 C6 H14 119.724
C1 C7 O8 125.064 C1 C7 O9 112.967
C2 C1 C6 120.100 C2 C1 C7 117.797
C2 C3 C4 119.969 C2 C3 H11 119.919
C3 C2 H10 121.355 C3 C4 C5 120.136
C3 C4 H12 119.948 C4 C3 H11 120.112
C4 C5 C6 120.147 C4 C5 H13 120.061
C5 C4 H12 119.916 C5 C6 H14 120.574
C6 C1 C7 122.103 C6 C5 H13 119.792
C7 O9 H15 105.315 O8 C7 O9 121.969
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability