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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.556773
Energy at 298.15K-420.563641
HF Energy-420.556773
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 B97D3/6-31G*
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' 3614 3543 52.80      
2 A' 3175 3113 5.32      
3 A' 3170 3108 8.31      
4 A' 3151 3089 30.78      
5 A' 3140 3079 20.41      
6 A' 3127 3066 0.68      
7 A' 1765 1730 270.00      
8 A' 1623 1591 16.98      
9 A' 1602 1570 4.34      
10 A' 1508 1478 1.12      
11 A' 1465 1436 13.62      
12 A' 1366 1340 5.80      
13 A' 1358 1331 90.78      
14 A' 1325 1299 6.11      
15 A' 1198 1175 71.26      
16 A' 1177 1154 127.35      
17 A' 1174 1151 41.49      
18 A' 1099 1078 21.49      
19 A' 1076 1055 112.37      
20 A' 1032 1012 17.39      
21 A' 1000 980 1.55      
22 A' 759 744 6.73      
23 A' 621 609 42.39      
24 A' 618 606 4.71      
25 A' 486 476 6.13      
26 A' 377 370 5.11      
27 A' 212 208 1.30      
28 A" 971 952 0.11      
29 A" 948 929 0.18      
30 A" 920 902 1.43      
31 A" 837 820 0.07      
32 A" 791 775 0.06      
33 A" 707 693 123.56      
34 A" 683 670 9.12      
35 A" 605 593 53.87      
36 A" 422 413 6.28      
37 A" 400 392 0.44      
38 A" 149 146 0.51      
39 A" 59 58 0.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24855.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24368.3 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.12779 0.04049 0.03075

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.224 0.000
C2 1.278 -0.364 0.000
C3 1.409 -1.755 0.000
C4 0.265 -2.567 0.000
C5 -1.010 -1.984 0.000
C6 -1.147 -0.592 0.000
C7 -0.080 1.711 0.000
O8 0.880 2.468 0.000
O9 -1.368 2.175 0.000
H10 2.152 0.286 0.000
H11 2.402 -2.208 0.000
H12 0.368 -3.653 0.000
H13 -1.900 -2.616 0.000
H14 -2.134 -0.135 0.000
H15 -1.281 3.150 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.40752.42982.80382.42871.40781.48882.41002.38292.15263.41803.89483.41692.16433.1944
C21.40751.39692.42452.80412.43592.48032.85993.66811.08902.15863.41263.89483.42044.3482
C32.42981.39691.40292.43052.80803.77244.25584.81282.17221.09062.16513.41903.89635.5950
C42.80382.42451.40291.40232.42744.29185.07215.01563.42052.16641.09102.16533.41635.9228
C52.42872.80412.43051.40231.39853.81074.83694.17493.89293.41922.16421.09072.16395.1418
C61.40782.43592.80802.42741.39852.53853.67062.77653.41353.89873.41492.15901.08833.7452
C71.48882.48033.77244.29183.81072.53851.22251.36962.64754.63835.38274.69402.76211.8751
O82.41002.85994.25585.07214.83693.67061.22252.26772.52484.91676.14235.79413.98282.2671
O92.38293.66814.81285.01564.17492.77651.36962.26773.99485.78136.08144.82052.43400.9790
H102.15261.08902.17223.42053.89293.41352.64752.52483.99482.50664.32464.98354.30664.4710
H113.41802.15861.09062.16643.41923.89874.63834.91675.78132.50662.49524.32044.98696.5019
H123.89483.41262.16511.09102.16423.41495.38276.14236.08144.32462.49522.49324.31697.0005
H133.41693.89483.41902.16531.09072.15904.69405.79414.82054.98354.32042.49322.49185.7993
H142.16433.42043.89633.41632.16391.08832.76213.98282.43404.30664.98694.31692.49183.3944
H153.19444.34825.59505.92285.14183.74521.87512.26710.97904.47106.50197.00055.79933.3944

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 120.113 C1 C2 H10 118.602
C1 C6 C5 119.864 C1 C6 H14 119.735
C1 C7 O8 125.110 C1 C7 O9 113.217
C2 C1 C6 119.787 C2 C1 C7 117.780
C2 C3 C4 119.995 C2 C3 H11 119.910
C3 C2 H10 121.285 C3 C4 C5 120.076
C3 C4 H12 119.982 C4 C3 H11 120.095
C4 C5 C6 120.166 C4 C5 H13 120.033
C5 C4 H12 119.942 C5 C6 H14 120.401
C6 C1 C7 122.433 C6 C5 H13 119.801
C7 O9 H15 105.149 O8 C7 O9 121.673
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.059      
2 C -0.155      
3 C -0.141      
4 C -0.122      
5 C -0.140      
6 C -0.161      
7 C 0.519      
8 O -0.461      
9 O -0.565      
10 H 0.168      
11 H 0.144      
12 H 0.143      
13 H 0.143      
14 H 0.164      
15 H 0.404      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.148 -1.506 0.000 1.894
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.931 -5.625 0.000
y -5.625 -44.335 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -52.908
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.691 -5.625 0.000
y -5.625 6.084 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -6.774
Polar
3z2-r2-13.549
x2-y2-3.595
xy-5.625
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.821 -0.339 0.000
y -0.339 16.451 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.156


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 332.008
(<r2>)1/2 18.221