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

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-415.218689
Energy at 298.15K-415.224730
Nuclear repulsion energy392.333599
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 BLYP/STO-3G
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' 3475 3216 26.70      
2 A' 3371 3118 0.88      
3 A' 3362 3111 7.75      
4 A' 3355 3104 4.14      
5 A' 3347 3097 1.52      
6 A' 3340 3090 0.86      
7 A' 1746 1615 47.63      
8 A' 1660 1536 3.16      
9 A' 1646 1523 2.36      
10 A' 1553 1437 4.00      
11 A' 1512 1399 14.54      
12 A' 1398 1294 30.28      
13 A' 1356 1254 4.55      
14 A' 1323 1224 1.46      
15 A' 1221 1130 29.64      
16 A' 1210 1119 0.01      
17 A' 1189 1100 83.16      
18 A' 1111 1028 3.39      
19 A' 1073 993 53.42      
20 A' 1049 970 18.45      
21 A' 1021 945 1.90      
22 A' 747 691 2.31      
23 A' 631 584 0.03      
24 A' 563 520 32.08      
25 A' 451 417 3.47      
26 A' 339 314 4.64      
27 A' 166 154 0.51      
28 A" 1007 932 0.02      
29 A" 993 919 0.01      
30 A" 941 870 1.21      
31 A" 871 806 0.02      
32 A" 772 715 15.80      
33 A" 706 653 7.29      
34 A" 640 592 63.09      
35 A" 603 558 9.68      
36 A" 416 385 2.44      
37 A" 405 375 0.18      
38 A" 151 140 0.58      
39 A" 54 50 0.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25385.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23487.0 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.12128 0.03842 0.02918

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.217 0.000
C2 1.342 -0.276 0.000
C3 1.590 -1.673 0.000
C4 0.501 -2.589 0.000
C5 -0.837 -2.105 0.000
C6 -1.090 -0.708 0.000
C7 -0.222 1.746 0.000
O8 0.670 2.653 0.000
O9 -1.643 2.053 0.000
H10 2.176 0.452 0.000
H11 2.631 -2.050 0.000
H12 0.695 -3.679 0.000
H13 -1.683 -2.819 0.000
H14 -2.127 -0.321 0.000
H15 -1.610 3.100 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.42962.47062.85092.46881.42961.54512.52592.46382.18883.47303.95753.47122.19383.3016
C21.42961.41892.46082.84452.46942.55673.00533.78621.10762.19273.46333.95103.46854.4845
C32.47061.41891.42312.46542.84853.87034.42314.93382.20441.10642.19623.46773.95515.7467
C42.85092.46081.42311.42292.46364.39545.24475.11373.47182.19671.10662.19593.47096.0681
C52.46882.84452.46541.42291.41993.90044.99104.23603.95203.46802.19591.10652.20125.2623
C61.42962.46942.84852.46361.41992.60323.79362.81633.46583.95503.46542.19231.10663.8434
C71.54512.55673.87034.39543.90042.60321.27171.45362.72554.74895.50204.79302.81111.9385
O82.52593.00534.42315.24474.99103.79361.27172.38902.66735.09556.33165.95584.08232.3229
O92.46383.78624.93385.11374.23602.81631.45362.38904.14145.92476.19044.87222.42351.0471
H102.18881.10762.20443.47183.95203.46582.72552.66734.14142.54294.38815.05854.37174.6202
H113.47302.19271.10642.19673.46803.95504.74895.09555.92472.54292.52984.38135.06156.6712
H123.95753.46332.19621.10662.19593.46545.50206.33166.19044.38812.52982.52834.38537.1596
H133.47123.95103.46772.19591.10652.19234.79305.95584.87225.05854.38132.52832.53645.9191
H142.19383.46853.95513.47092.20121.10662.81114.08232.42354.37175.06154.38532.53643.4602
H153.30164.48455.74676.06815.26233.84341.93852.32291.04714.62026.67127.15965.91913.4602

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 120.296 C1 C2 H10 118.692
C1 C6 C5 120.087 C1 C6 H14 119.210
C1 C7 O8 127.199 C1 C7 O9 110.460
C2 C1 C6 119.458 C2 C1 C7 118.471
C2 C3 C4 119.965 C2 C3 H11 120.004
C3 C2 H10 121.012 C3 C4 C5 120.061
C3 C4 H12 119.979 C4 C3 H11 120.031
C4 C5 C6 120.134 C4 C5 H13 119.973
C5 C4 H12 119.960 C5 C6 H14 120.703
C6 C1 C7 122.071 C6 C5 H13 119.894
C7 O9 H15 100.379 O8 C7 O9 122.340
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.019      
2 C -0.071      
3 C -0.076      
4 C -0.072      
5 C -0.076      
6 C -0.073      
7 C 0.166      
8 O -0.199      
9 O -0.187      
10 H 0.089      
11 H 0.081      
12 H 0.081      
13 H 0.081      
14 H 0.089      
15 H 0.186      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.681 -0.563 0.000 0.883
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.107 -0.710 0.000
y -0.710 12.120 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.385


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 345.917
(<r2>)1/2 18.599