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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.988750
Energy at 298.15K-420.995885
HF Energy-420.988750
Nuclear repulsion energy405.647778
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 B3LYP/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' 3752 3630 94.40      
2 A' 3212 3107 2.27      
3 A' 3203 3099 4.65      
4 A' 3190 3086 11.97      
5 A' 3180 3077 10.04      
6 A' 3168 3066 0.33      
7 A' 1780 1722 367.51      
8 A' 1643 1589 17.45      
9 A' 1622 1569 5.15      
10 A' 1528 1478 1.38      
11 A' 1486 1437 14.61      
12 A' 1365 1320 114.27      
13 A' 1355 1311 4.26      
14 A' 1339 1295 1.69      
15 A' 1210 1170 58.73      
16 A' 1188 1150 160.90      
17 A' 1184 1146 1.67      
18 A' 1115 1078 39.34      
19 A' 1091 1055 120.45      
20 A' 1048 1014 19.15      
21 A' 1022 989 0.21      
22 A' 776 750 8.05      
23 A' 639 618 47.88      
24 A' 633 612 0.38      
25 A' 497 481 6.01      
26 A' 384 371 4.70      
27 A' 217 210 1.56      
28 A" 1025 992 0.02      
29 A" 1011 978 0.03      
30 A" 972 940 1.23      
31 A" 873 845 0.03      
32 A" 828 801 0.15      
33 A" 732 708 125.79      
34 A" 702 679 4.73      
35 A" 594 575 61.58      
36 A" 437 423 8.95      
37 A" 415 401 0.39      
38 A" 159 153 0.57      
39 A" 61 59 1.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25316.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24493.3 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.13007 0.04097 0.03116

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.220 0.000
C2 1.276 -0.346 0.000
C3 1.425 -1.724 0.000
C4 0.302 -2.544 0.000
C5 -0.971 -1.985 0.000
C6 -1.126 -0.606 0.000
C7 -0.107 1.699 0.000
O8 0.830 2.463 0.000
O9 -1.388 2.145 0.000
H10 2.135 0.310 0.000
H11 2.415 -2.159 0.000
H12 0.418 -3.620 0.000
H13 -1.844 -2.624 0.000
H14 -2.112 -0.167 0.000
H15 -1.339 3.113 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39602.40992.78012.40901.39591.48342.39182.37412.13663.38973.86183.38872.14653.1884
C21.39601.38592.40472.78182.41602.46902.84393.64791.08022.14123.38433.86303.39264.3365
C32.40991.38591.39132.41072.78493.75024.22854.78402.15401.08122.14673.39043.86435.5710
C42.78012.40471.39131.39032.40694.26295.03474.98483.39222.14781.08162.14663.38765.8903
C52.40902.78182.41071.39031.38753.78394.79854.15133.86183.39052.14531.08122.14625.1111
C61.39592.41602.78492.40691.38752.52003.63892.76393.38653.86613.38592.14171.07943.7251
C71.48342.46903.75024.26293.78392.52001.20901.35662.63734.60965.34454.65852.73821.8754
O82.39182.84394.22855.03474.79853.63891.20902.24092.51724.88636.09625.74633.94542.2647
O92.37413.64794.78404.98484.15132.76391.35662.24093.97245.74416.04134.79092.42250.9688
H102.13661.08022.15403.39223.86183.38652.63732.51723.97242.48544.28814.94314.27284.4638
H113.38972.14121.08122.14783.39053.86614.60964.88635.74412.48542.47344.28354.94556.4723
H123.86183.38432.14671.08162.14533.38595.34456.09626.04134.28812.47342.47124.28046.9581
H133.38873.86303.39042.14661.08122.14174.65855.74634.79094.94314.28352.47122.47175.7588
H142.14653.39263.86433.38762.14621.07942.73823.94542.42254.27284.94554.28042.47173.3692
H153.18844.33655.57105.89035.11113.72511.87542.26470.96884.46386.47236.95815.75883.3692

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 120.058 C1 C2 H10 118.718
C1 C6 C5 119.873 C1 C6 H14 119.723
C1 C7 O8 125.028 C1 C7 O9 113.356
C2 C1 C6 119.849 C2 C1 C7 118.040
C2 C3 C4 119.972 C2 C3 H11 119.933
C3 C2 H10 121.224 C3 C4 C5 120.143
C3 C4 H12 119.951 C4 C3 H11 120.095
C4 C5 C6 120.105 C4 C5 H13 120.059
C5 C4 H12 119.907 C5 C6 H14 120.404
C6 C1 C7 122.111 C6 C5 H13 119.837
C7 O9 H15 106.313 O8 C7 O9 121.616
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability