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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.763623
Energy at 298.15K-420.770717
Nuclear repulsion energy400.353974
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/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' 3665 3523 61.88      
2 A' 3251 3125 5.65      
3 A' 3238 3113 14.68      
4 A' 3225 3100 17.83      
5 A' 3212 3087 14.23      
6 A' 3198 3074 0.60      
7 A' 1694 1629 312.67      
8 A' 1653 1589 15.90      
9 A' 1628 1565 22.23      
10 A' 1522 1463 7.90      
11 A' 1480 1423 19.07      
12 A' 1387 1333 5.82      
13 A' 1362 1309 1.62      
14 A' 1359 1306 119.39      
15 A' 1221 1174 2.59      
16 A' 1207 1160 0.28      
17 A' 1182 1136 124.67      
18 A' 1114 1070 8.36      
19 A' 1061 1020 124.46      
20 A' 1038 998 143.41      
21 A' 1016 977 1.45      
22 A' 765 735 1.21      
23 A' 634 610 0.44      
24 A' 614 590 49.47      
25 A' 494 475 7.49      
26 A' 379 364 9.33      
27 A' 212 204 1.25      
28 A" 1055 1014 0.36      
29 A" 1041 1001 0.01      
30 A" 999 960 5.28      
31 A" 900 865 0.01      
32 A" 830 798 16.75      
33 A" 731 703 156.87      
34 A" 710 682 21.45      
35 A" 596 573 115.64      
36 A" 442 424 14.90      
37 A" 421 404 0.46      
38 A" 163 157 1.06      
39 A" 73 70 1.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25384.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24402.3 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 B3LYP/SDD
ABC
0.12573 0.04019 0.03045

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

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 1.512 -1.688 0.000
C4 0.403 -2.559 0.000
C5 -0.907 -2.038 0.000
C6 -1.112 -0.648 0.000
C7 -0.169 1.699 0.000
O8 0.750 2.538 0.000
O9 -1.504 2.093 0.000
H10 2.153 0.391 0.000
H11 2.521 -2.092 0.000
H12 0.558 -3.635 0.000
H13 -1.760 -2.711 0.000
H14 -2.113 -0.231 0.000
H15 -1.568 3.075 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.41332.43822.81232.43681.41281.48412.43272.39922.15903.42393.89983.42232.16183.2531
C21.41331.40422.43712.82012.45002.48702.89223.69571.08632.16283.42143.90703.42724.4358
C32.43821.40421.41032.44412.82303.78134.29504.83742.17591.08682.16833.42843.90765.6720
C42.81232.43711.41031.40972.43894.29605.10935.02803.43012.16911.08752.16823.42815.9684
C52.43682.82012.44411.40971.40513.80844.86674.17383.90623.42842.16771.08692.17265.1548
C61.41282.45002.82302.43891.40512.52853.69002.76873.42563.90983.42292.16281.08483.7500
C71.48412.48703.78134.29603.80842.52851.24481.39242.66444.64865.38344.68782.73931.9620
O82.43272.89224.29505.10934.86673.69001.24482.29782.56484.95806.17685.81853.98342.3787
O92.39923.69574.83745.02804.17382.76871.39242.29784.03365.80736.08864.81092.40250.9835
H102.15901.08632.17593.43013.90623.42562.66442.56484.03362.51084.33084.99314.31104.5870
H113.42392.16281.08682.16913.42843.90984.64864.95805.80732.51082.49704.32574.99456.5892
H123.89983.42142.16831.08752.16773.42295.38346.17686.08864.33082.49702.49574.32757.0388
H133.42233.90703.42842.16821.08692.16284.68785.81854.81094.99314.32572.49572.50505.7888
H142.16183.42723.90763.42812.17261.08482.73933.98342.40254.31104.99454.32752.50503.3503
H153.25314.43585.67205.96845.15483.75001.96202.37870.98354.58706.58927.03885.78883.3503

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 119.851 C1 C2 H10 118.896
C1 C6 C5 119.709 C1 C6 H14 119.315
C1 C7 O8 125.887 C1 C7 O9 112.997
C2 C1 C6 120.202 C2 C1 C7 118.238
C2 C3 C4 119.975 C2 C3 H11 119.976
C3 C2 H10 121.253 C3 C4 C5 120.161
C3 C4 H12 119.922 C4 C3 H11 120.049
C4 C5 C6 120.101 C4 C5 H13 120.012
C5 C4 H12 119.916 C5 C6 H14 120.976
C6 C1 C7 121.561 C6 C5 H13 119.887
C7 O9 H15 110.145 O8 C7 O9 121.116
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.245      
2 C -0.336      
3 C -0.203      
4 C -0.208      
5 C -0.204      
6 C -0.316      
7 C 0.170      
8 O -0.283      
9 O -0.475      
10 H 0.267      
11 H 0.228      
12 H 0.226      
13 H 0.226      
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
  -1.114 -1.993 0.000 2.284
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.072 -6.930 0.000
y -6.930 -45.880 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.895
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.315 -6.930 0.000
y -6.930 5.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.919
Polar
3z2-r2-15.839
x2-y2-2.193
xy-6.930
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.662 -0.356 0.000
y -0.356 16.087 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.644


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