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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-418.470062
Energy at 298.15K-418.477651
Nuclear repulsion energy409.140587
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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 4133 3755 156.96      
2 A' 3369 3061 2.89      
3 A' 3366 3058 3.78      
4 A' 3344 3038 16.55      
5 A' 3333 3029 12.33      
6 A' 3317 3013 0.70      
7 A' 1972 1792 516.33      
8 A' 1784 1621 21.79      
9 A' 1759 1598 4.93      
10 A' 1650 1500 3.60      
11 A' 1597 1451 25.17      
12 A' 1495 1358 172.55      
13 A' 1458 1325 2.66      
14 A' 1338 1216 60.71      
15 A' 1315 1195 206.55      
16 A' 1284 1167 40.51      
17 A' 1218 1107 3.58      
18 A' 1195 1086 73.21      
19 A' 1165 1058 1.90      
20 A' 1109 1008 6.55      
21 A' 1065 968 0.30      
22 A' 832 756 21.31      
23 A' 695 631 60.05      
24 A' 670 609 0.17      
25 A' 534 485 5.00      
26 A' 409 371 4.95      
27 A' 234 212 1.97      
28 A" 1129 1026 0.01      
29 A" 1121 1018 0.02      
30 A" 1076 977 0.80      
31 A" 958 871 0.01      
32 A" 914 830 2.42      
33 A" 807 733 163.15      
34 A" 740 673 2.64      
35 A" 616 560 76.49      
36 A" 474 431 12.86      
37 A" 453 412 0.39      
38 A" 175 159 0.72      
39 A" 69 63 1.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27084.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9086) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24609.2 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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.13287 0.04147 0.03161

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.217 0.000
C2 1.269 -0.341 0.000
C3 1.421 -1.712 0.000
C4 0.304 -2.528 0.000
C5 -0.963 -1.977 0.000
C6 -1.117 -0.604 0.000
C7 -0.115 1.699 0.000
O8 0.807 2.441 0.000
O9 -1.367 2.135 0.000
H10 2.123 0.307 0.000
H11 2.404 -2.142 0.000
H12 0.422 -3.596 0.000
H13 -1.828 -2.612 0.000
H14 -2.097 -0.172 0.000
H15 -1.350 3.079 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.38652.39532.76182.39521.38581.48692.36652.35552.12473.36783.83543.36732.13253.1646
C21.38651.37902.39102.76742.40072.46522.82053.61651.07142.12863.36313.84023.37044.3076
C32.39531.37901.38382.39872.76923.74054.19814.75062.13701.07282.13243.37113.84005.5342
C42.76182.39101.38381.38202.39234.24824.99514.95373.36852.13491.07362.13343.36415.8462
C52.39522.76742.39871.38201.38133.77224.75914.13143.83873.37082.13061.07292.13125.0702
C61.38582.40072.76922.39231.38132.51163.60192.75033.36523.84203.36432.12981.07093.6902
C71.48692.46523.74054.24823.77222.51161.18321.32572.63514.59325.32184.63862.72581.8519
O82.36652.82054.19814.99514.75913.60191.18322.19492.50744.85376.04915.69853.90652.2489
O92.35553.61654.75064.95374.13142.75031.32572.19493.93925.70186.00334.76902.41990.9440
H102.12471.07142.13703.36853.83873.36522.63512.50743.93922.46524.25694.91154.24664.4432
H113.36782.12861.07282.13493.37083.84204.59324.85375.70182.46522.45754.25744.91296.4303
H123.83543.36312.13241.07362.13063.36435.32186.04916.00334.25692.45752.45554.25036.9056
H133.36733.84023.37112.13341.07292.12984.63865.69854.76904.91154.25742.45552.45445.7106
H142.13253.37043.84003.36412.13121.07092.72583.90652.41994.24664.91294.25032.45443.3357
H153.16464.30765.53425.84625.07023.69021.85192.24890.94404.44326.43036.90565.71063.3357

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 120.027 C1 C2 H10 119.081
C1 C6 C5 119.903 C1 C6 H14 119.916
C1 C7 O8 124.430 C1 C7 O9 113.620
C2 C1 C6 119.987 C2 C1 C7 118.131
C2 C3 C4 119.861 C2 C3 H11 119.977
C3 C2 H10 120.892 C3 C4 C5 120.286
C3 C4 H12 119.869 C4 C3 H11 120.162
C4 C5 C6 119.936 C4 C5 H13 120.169
C5 C4 H12 119.845 C5 C6 H14 120.181
C6 C1 C7 121.882 C6 C5 H13 119.895
C7 O9 H15 108.175 O8 C7 O9 121.950
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.381      
2 C -0.173      
3 C -0.015      
4 C -0.176      
5 C -0.093      
6 C -0.345      
7 C 1.173      
8 O -0.954      
9 O -0.711      
10 H 0.148      
11 H 0.124      
12 H 0.121      
13 H 0.123      
14 H 0.130      
15 H 0.268      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.354 -1.792 0.000 2.246
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.867 -6.466 0.000
y -6.466 -46.668 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.268
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.100 -6.466 0.000
y -6.466 5.400 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.500
Polar
3z2-r2-15.000
x2-y2-2.200
xy-6.466
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.303 -0.090 0.000
y -0.090 15.886 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.584


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