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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.682660
Energy at 298.15K-420.689798
HF Energy-420.682660
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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' 3795 3599 92.50      
2 A' 3266 3098 2.21      
3 A' 3253 3085 12.05      
4 A' 3241 3074 10.21      
5 A' 3230 3064 13.04      
6 A' 3216 3050 2.53      
7 A' 1872 1775 319.40      
8 A' 1697 1610 16.29      
9 A' 1677 1591 4.82      
10 A' 1561 1480 3.84      
11 A' 1513 1435 18.48      
12 A' 1425 1351 150.26      
13 A' 1373 1303 6.51      
14 A' 1359 1289 2.72      
15 A' 1243 1179 211.90      
16 A' 1219 1156 66.54      
17 A' 1205 1143 0.86      
18 A' 1151 1092 43.43      
19 A' 1123 1065 29.03      
20 A' 1067 1012 9.24      
21 A' 1029 976 0.67      
22 A' 789 749 14.27      
23 A' 646 613 55.67      
24 A' 636 603 0.39      
25 A' 503 477 5.52      
26 A' 389 369 5.35      
27 A' 220 208 1.48      
28 A" 1027 974 0.12      
29 A" 1010 958 0.53      
30 A" 968 918 1.51      
31 A" 879 834 0.00      
32 A" 827 784 0.12      
33 A" 737 699 141.74      
34 A" 710 674 11.32      
35 A" 619 587 65.45      
36 A" 438 416 7.60      
37 A" 418 397 0.57      
38 A" 159 151 0.64      
39 A" 66 63 1.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25777.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24450.2 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.12989 0.04100 0.03116

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.218 0.000
C2 1.271 -0.360 0.000
C3 1.405 -1.742 0.000
C4 0.270 -2.550 0.000
C5 -0.998 -1.975 0.000
C6 -1.138 -0.593 0.000
C7 -0.087 1.701 0.000
O8 0.860 2.454 0.000
O9 -1.355 2.166 0.000
H10 2.139 0.290 0.000
H11 2.393 -2.192 0.000
H12 0.375 -3.631 0.000
H13 -1.882 -2.606 0.000
H14 -2.122 -0.139 0.000
H15 -1.280 3.134 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39632.41132.78062.40931.39661.48562.39572.37322.14043.39563.86643.39352.15133.1846
C21.39631.38832.40752.78532.41992.46822.84383.64391.08462.14753.39093.87103.39994.3261
C32.41131.38831.39292.41442.79033.75224.23104.78432.16061.08552.15113.39823.87395.5662
C42.78062.40751.39291.39242.41094.26555.03814.98793.39972.15311.08582.15233.39615.8911
C52.40932.78532.41441.39241.38963.78714.80284.15653.86963.39822.15071.08572.15285.1167
C61.39662.41992.79032.41091.38962.52243.64272.76713.39363.87583.39362.14691.08363.7291
C71.48562.46823.75224.26553.78712.52241.20981.35062.63574.61515.35124.66602.74271.8645
O82.39572.84384.23105.03814.80283.64271.20982.23342.51374.89156.10355.75503.95082.2452
O92.37323.64394.78434.98794.15652.76711.35062.23343.96605.74756.04914.80142.42880.9707
H102.14041.08462.16063.39973.86963.39362.63572.51373.96602.49424.29924.95534.28234.4472
H113.39562.14751.08552.15313.39823.87584.61514.89155.74752.49422.47884.29474.95946.4690
H123.86643.39092.15111.08582.15073.39365.35126.10356.04914.29922.47882.47794.29256.9637
H133.39353.87103.39822.15231.08572.14694.66605.75504.80144.95534.29472.47792.47955.7717
H142.15133.39993.87393.39612.15281.08362.74273.95082.42884.28234.95944.29252.47953.3789
H153.18464.32615.56625.89115.11673.72911.86452.24520.97074.44726.46906.96375.77173.3789

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 119.981 C1 C2 H10 118.721
C1 C6 C5 119.702 C1 C6 H14 119.777
C1 C7 O8 125.130 C1 C7 O9 113.514
C2 C1 C6 120.093 C2 C1 C7 117.810
C2 C3 C4 119.910 C2 C3 H11 119.979
C3 C2 H10 121.298 C3 C4 C5 120.184
C3 C4 H12 119.903 C4 C3 H11 120.111
C4 C5 C6 120.131 C4 C5 H13 120.069
C5 C4 H12 119.913 C5 C6 H14 120.521
C6 C1 C7 122.097 C6 C5 H13 119.799
C7 O9 H15 105.714 O8 C7 O9 121.356
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.016      
2 C -0.179      
3 C -0.176      
4 C -0.153      
5 C -0.175      
6 C -0.183      
7 C 0.571      
8 O -0.482      
9 O -0.602      
10 H 0.203      
11 H 0.177      
12 H 0.176      
13 H 0.176      
14 H 0.198      
15 H 0.433      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.229 -1.456 0.000 1.906
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.610 -5.972 0.000
y -5.972 -43.965 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.180
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.963 -5.972 0.000
y -5.972 6.430 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.393
Polar
3z2-r2-14.785
x2-y2-3.644
xy-5.972
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.363 -0.199 0.000
y -0.199 15.218 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.099


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 327.925
(<r2>)1/2 18.109