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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/LANL2DZ

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/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.762755
Energy at 298.15K-420.769846
Nuclear repulsion energy400.394199
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/LANL2DZ
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' 3666 3523 62.33      
2 A' 3250 3124 5.51      
3 A' 3237 3112 14.48      
4 A' 3224 3099 17.46      
5 A' 3211 3087 14.12      
6 A' 3198 3073 0.60      
7 A' 1693 1627 310.40      
8 A' 1653 1589 15.92      
9 A' 1628 1565 23.09      
10 A' 1522 1463 7.96      
11 A' 1480 1423 19.07      
12 A' 1387 1333 5.84      
13 A' 1362 1309 1.19      
14 A' 1359 1306 119.79      
15 A' 1221 1174 2.51      
16 A' 1207 1160 0.28      
17 A' 1182 1136 123.33      
18 A' 1114 1071 8.31      
19 A' 1061 1020 121.54      
20 A' 1038 998 147.16      
21 A' 1017 977 1.35      
22 A' 765 735 1.19      
23 A' 634 610 0.44      
24 A' 614 590 49.37      
25 A' 494 475 7.53      
26 A' 379 364 9.34      
27 A' 212 204 1.25      
28 A" 1055 1014 0.33      
29 A" 1041 1001 0.01      
30 A" 999 960 5.16      
31 A" 900 865 0.01      
32 A" 831 798 16.46      
33 A" 731 703 157.74      
34 A" 710 683 20.78      
35 A" 596 572 116.37      
36 A" 442 425 15.09      
37 A" 421 404 0.47      
38 A" 163 157 1.08      
39 A" 73 70 1.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25383.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24398.9 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.12576 0.04020 0.03046

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.224 0.000
C2 1.313 -0.298 0.000
C3 1.513 -1.688 0.000
C4 0.404 -2.559 0.000
C5 -0.906 -2.038 0.000
C6 -1.111 -0.648 0.000
C7 -0.170 1.698 0.000
O8 0.749 2.539 0.000
O9 -1.505 2.092 0.000
H10 2.152 0.392 0.000
H11 2.522 -2.091 0.000
H12 0.559 -3.635 0.000
H13 -1.759 -2.711 0.000
H14 -2.113 -0.232 0.000
H15 -1.568 3.074 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.41322.43792.81192.43651.41271.48372.43242.39902.15893.42373.89943.42212.16173.2526
C21.41321.40402.43682.81982.44972.48652.89203.69541.08642.16273.42113.90673.42704.4353
C32.43791.40401.41012.44382.82263.78074.29464.83682.17581.08692.16823.42803.90735.6713
C42.81192.43681.41011.40942.43864.29525.10885.02733.42982.16891.08752.16803.42785.9676
C52.43652.81982.44381.40941.40493.80774.86614.17313.90593.42812.16751.08692.17255.1541
C61.41272.44972.82262.43861.40492.52803.68962.76823.42543.90943.42252.16261.08483.7495
C71.48372.48653.78074.29523.80772.52801.24481.39262.66414.64805.38274.68712.73881.9619
O82.43242.89204.29465.10884.86613.68961.24482.29772.56474.95786.17635.81803.98292.3781
O92.39903.69544.83685.02734.17312.76821.39262.29774.03355.80686.08794.81022.40200.9835
H102.15891.08642.17583.42983.90593.42542.66412.56474.03352.51074.33064.99284.31094.5865
H113.42372.16271.08692.16893.42813.90944.64804.95785.80682.51072.49674.32534.99426.5885
H123.89943.42112.16821.08752.16753.42255.38276.17636.08794.33062.49672.49544.32737.0380
H133.42213.90673.42802.16801.08692.16264.68715.81804.81024.99284.32532.49542.50495.7881
H142.16173.42703.90733.42782.17251.08482.73883.98292.40204.31094.99424.32732.50493.3498
H153.25264.43535.67135.96765.15413.74951.96192.37810.98354.58656.58857.03805.78813.3498

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 119.850 C1 C2 H10 118.895
C1 C6 C5 119.708 C1 C6 H14 119.312
C1 C7 O8 125.901 C1 C7 O9 112.999
C2 C1 C6 120.198 C2 C1 C7 118.243
C2 C3 C4 119.978 C2 C3 H11 119.979
C3 C2 H10 121.254 C3 C4 C5 120.162
C3 C4 H12 119.923 C4 C3 H11 120.043
C4 C5 C6 120.103 C4 C5 H13 120.010
C5 C4 H12 119.915 C5 C6 H14 120.980
C6 C1 C7 121.559 C6 C5 H13 119.886
C7 O9 H15 110.120 O8 C7 O9 121.100
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.261      
2 C -0.336      
3 C -0.206      
4 C -0.209      
5 C -0.206      
6 C -0.317      
7 C 0.158      
8 O -0.285      
9 O -0.475      
10 H 0.267      
11 H 0.229      
12 H 0.227      
13 H 0.227      
14 H 0.271      
15 H 0.392      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.112 -2.000 0.000 2.288
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.032 -6.929 0.000
y -6.929 -45.856 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.902
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.348 -6.929 0.000
y -6.929 5.610 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.958
Polar
3z2-r2-15.916
x2-y2-2.175
xy-6.929
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.649 -0.358 0.000
y -0.358 16.078 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.609


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