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

using model chemistry: MP2/SDD

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-419.029146
Energy at 298.15K-419.035905
HF Energy-418.195714
Nuclear repulsion energy395.863060
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 MP2/SDD
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' 3616 3490 65.59      
2 A' 3227 3115 6.30      
3 A' 3211 3100 21.22      
4 A' 3199 3088 19.73      
5 A' 3184 3073 11.63      
6 A' 3169 3059 0.23      
7 A' 1666 1608 194.92      
8 A' 1614 1558 10.42      
9 A' 1593 1537 18.66      
10 A' 1507 1455 10.27      
11 A' 1466 1415 12.37      
12 A' 1375 1328 2.86      
13 A' 1360 1313 0.32      
14 A' 1339 1293 88.86      
15 A' 1223 1181 1.70      
16 A' 1202 1160 0.06      
17 A' 1187 1146 131.63      
18 A' 1100 1061 4.47      
19 A' 1040 1004 19.46      
20 A' 1017 981 201.24      
21 A' 991 956 64.65      
22 A' 746 720 1.20      
23 A' 627 606 0.44      
24 A' 602 581 41.61      
25 A' 486 469 7.10      
26 A' 372 359 9.92      
27 A' 213 205 0.89      
28 A" 902 870 1.21      
29 A" 898 866 0.00      
30 A" 867 837 2.77      
31 A" 819 790 0.06      
32 A" 765 739 7.07      
33 A" 684 660 200.93      
34 A" 649 626 13.44      
35 A" 584 564 105.23      
36 A" 413 398 12.40      
37 A" 397 383 0.29      
38 A" 156 150 1.12      
39 A" 55 54 0.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24756.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23897.8 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 MP2/SDD
ABC
0.12264 0.03934 0.02978

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/SDD

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.225 0.000
C2 1.333 -0.288 0.000
C3 1.544 -1.693 0.000
C4 0.433 -2.585 0.000
C5 -0.895 -2.066 0.000
C6 -1.119 -0.662 0.000
C7 -0.183 1.718 0.000
O8 0.735 2.579 0.000
O9 -1.548 2.092 0.000
H10 2.173 0.411 0.000
H11 2.564 -2.089 0.000
H12 0.598 -3.667 0.000
H13 -1.749 -2.750 0.000
H14 -2.130 -0.253 0.000
H15 -1.634 3.078 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.42832.46272.84392.46031.42771.50402.46622.42512.18143.45433.93823.45162.18353.2871
C21.42831.42092.46782.85072.47992.51442.92893.73691.09322.18193.45833.94493.46354.4865
C32.46271.42091.42582.46772.85563.82364.34834.88772.19601.09412.18923.45893.94665.7323
C42.84392.46781.42581.42542.47114.34755.17385.07963.46562.18861.09432.18773.46516.0283
C52.46032.85072.46771.42541.42223.85104.92354.20943.94373.45922.18911.09422.19385.1967
C61.42772.47992.85562.47111.42222.55743.73402.78723.46253.94973.46122.18151.09103.7747
C71.50402.51443.82364.34753.85102.55741.25891.41542.69474.69505.44184.73502.77131.9883
O82.46622.92894.34835.17384.92353.73401.25892.33492.60195.01406.24815.88034.02962.4212
O92.42513.73694.88775.07964.20942.78721.41542.33494.08375.86466.14624.84662.41670.9892
H102.18141.09322.19603.46563.94373.46252.69472.60194.08372.53064.37195.03794.35494.6484
H113.45432.18191.09412.18863.45923.94974.69505.01405.86462.53062.52094.36355.04076.6573
H123.93823.45832.18921.09432.18913.46125.44186.24816.14624.37192.52092.51994.37027.1045
H133.45163.94493.45892.18771.09422.18154.73505.88034.84665.03794.36352.51992.52585.8290
H142.18353.46353.94663.46512.19381.09102.77134.02962.41674.35495.04074.37022.52583.3678
H153.28714.48655.73236.02835.19673.77471.98832.42120.98924.64846.65737.10455.82903.3678

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 119.614 C1 C2 H10 119.198
C1 C6 C5 119.371 C1 C6 H14 119.601
C1 C7 O8 126.174 C1 C7 O9 112.300
C2 C1 C6 120.523 C2 C1 C7 118.045
C2 C3 C4 120.202 C2 C3 H11 119.791
C3 C2 H10 121.189 C3 C4 C5 119.883
C3 C4 H12 120.047 C4 C3 H11 120.008
C4 C5 C6 120.407 C4 C5 H13 119.949
C5 C4 H12 120.070 C5 C6 H14 121.028
C6 C1 C7 121.432 C6 C5 H13 119.644
C7 O9 H15 110.295 O8 C7 O9 121.526
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability