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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.647284
Energy at 298.15K-420.654422
HF Energy-420.647284
Nuclear repulsion energy405.657662
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 M06-2X/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' 3770 3571 108.35      
2 A' 3251 3079 3.53      
3 A' 3249 3077 7.50      
4 A' 3234 3063 3.38      
5 A' 3227 3056 8.34      
6 A' 3212 3042 1.97      
7 A' 1891 1790 332.03      
8 A' 1708 1618 17.47      
9 A' 1685 1596 3.42      
10 A' 1561 1478 4.99      
11 A' 1514 1434 21.28      
12 A' 1424 1349 161.26      
13 A' 1372 1299 3.44      
14 A' 1349 1278 5.45      
15 A' 1245 1179 210.05      
16 A' 1206 1142 60.21      
17 A' 1191 1128 0.37      
18 A' 1155 1094 46.11      
19 A' 1116 1057 22.73      
20 A' 1069 1013 7.04      
21 A' 1023 969 1.14      
22 A' 792 750 15.82      
23 A' 647 612 53.95      
24 A' 629 596 0.03      
25 A' 502 475 5.59      
26 A' 387 367 5.61      
27 A' 218 206 1.25      
28 A" 1031 976 0.04      
29 A" 1010 956 0.53      
30 A" 970 918 1.07      
31 A" 880 833 0.00      
32 A" 828 784 0.06      
33 A" 737 698 148.50      
34 A" 709 672 5.36      
35 A" 623 590 65.61      
36 A" 437 414 6.65      
37 A" 415 393 0.95      
38 A" 161 153 0.58      
39 A" 71 67 1.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25748.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24384.1 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 M06-2X/6-31G*
ABC
0.12977 0.04108 0.03120

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.225 0.000
C2 1.286 -0.317 0.000
C3 1.450 -1.696 0.000
C4 0.334 -2.529 0.000
C5 -0.949 -1.987 0.000
C6 -1.121 -0.608 0.000
C7 -0.130 1.690 0.000
O8 0.802 2.467 0.000
O9 -1.422 2.090 0.000
H10 2.137 0.355 0.000
H11 2.449 -2.121 0.000
H12 0.464 -3.607 0.000
H13 -1.817 -2.638 0.000
H14 -2.112 -0.169 0.000
H15 -1.368 3.057 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39502.40642.77422.40641.39601.47132.38152.34552.14083.39053.85973.39062.14863.1456
C21.39501.38822.40842.78962.42382.45652.82613.62291.08482.14593.39093.87453.40094.2926
C32.40641.38821.39382.41742.79183.73664.21304.75192.16261.08492.15103.40063.87575.5256
C42.77422.40841.39381.39312.41004.24515.01854.94163.40192.15421.08552.15333.39875.8401
C52.40642.78962.41741.39311.38943.76684.78554.10353.87413.40072.15041.08492.15735.0613
C61.39602.42382.79182.41001.38942.50223.62632.71423.39693.87673.39232.14631.08393.6734
C71.47132.45653.73664.24513.76682.50221.21341.35232.63114.60145.33054.64522.71761.8439
O82.38152.82614.21305.01854.78553.62631.21342.25582.49864.87446.08365.73753.92952.2480
O92.34553.62294.75194.94164.10352.71421.35232.25583.95935.71936.00104.74412.36200.9693
H102.14081.08482.16263.40193.87413.39692.63112.49863.95932.49534.30094.95904.28124.4252
H113.39052.14591.08492.15423.40073.87674.60144.87445.71932.49532.47964.29694.96066.4323
H123.85973.39092.15101.08552.15043.39235.33056.08366.00104.30092.47962.47844.29596.9116
H133.39063.87453.40062.15331.08492.14634.64525.73754.74414.95904.29692.47842.48625.7131
H142.14863.40093.87573.39872.15731.08392.71763.92952.36204.28124.96064.29592.48623.3117
H153.14564.29265.52565.84015.06133.67341.84392.24800.96934.42526.43236.91165.71313.3117

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 119.675 C1 C2 H10 118.842
C1 C6 C5 119.516 C1 C6 H14 119.550
C1 C7 O8 124.733 C1 C7 O9 112.266
C2 C1 C6 120.546 C2 C1 C7 117.939
C2 C3 C4 119.927 C2 C3 H11 119.879
C3 C2 H10 121.483 C3 C4 C5 120.317
C3 C4 H12 119.844 C4 C3 H11 120.195
C4 C5 C6 120.020 C4 C5 H13 120.162
C5 C4 H12 119.840 C5 C6 H14 120.935
C6 C1 C7 121.515 C6 C5 H13 119.818
C7 O9 H15 103.937 O8 C7 O9 123.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.000      
2 C -0.169      
3 C -0.173      
4 C -0.150      
5 C -0.172      
6 C -0.170      
7 C 0.585      
8 O -0.483      
9 O -0.619      
10 H 0.201      
11 H 0.173      
12 H 0.172      
13 H 0.172      
14 H 0.196      
15 H 0.437      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.182 -1.406 0.000 1.837
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.978 -5.880 0.000
y -5.880 -44.273 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.553
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.935 -5.880 0.000
y -5.880 6.492 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.427
Polar
3z2-r2-14.854
x2-y2-3.705
xy-5.880
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.327 -0.173 0.000
y -0.173 15.076 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.100


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000