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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-419.800252
Energy at 298.15K-419.807153
HF Energy-418.424454
Nuclear repulsion energy404.177829
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 QCISD/6-311G**
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' 3854 3677 85.65      
2 A' 3239 3090 2.72      
3 A' 3232 3084 5.05      
4 A' 3218 3070 16.09      
5 A' 3207 3060 11.95      
6 A' 3194 3047 0.31      
7 A' 1842 1758 293.63      
8 A' 1676 1599 12.61      
9 A' 1655 1579 4.34      
10 A' 1544 1473 4.25      
11 A' 1494 1426 18.30      
12 A' 1415 1351 104.27      
13 A' 1351 1289 6.49      
14 A' 1303 1243 5.54      
15 A' 1244 1187 221.45      
16 A' 1204 1149 29.60      
17 A' 1177 1123 1.08      
18 A' 1134 1081 60.39      
19 A' 1103 1053 30.44      
20 A' 1051 1003 8.27      
21 A' 1014 968 0.52      
22 A' 783 747 16.11      
23 A' 644 614 50.92      
24 A' 627 598 0.10      
25 A' 499 476 4.70      
26 A' 385 368 5.02      
27 A' 219 209 1.16      
28 A" 952 908 0.05      
29 A" 935 892 0.15      
30 A" 913 871 0.55      
31 A" 857 817 0.04      
32 A" 793 756 1.68      
33 A" 722 689 139.35      
34 A" 571 545 64.40      
35 A" 511 487 4.64      
36 A" 412 393 9.19      
37 A" 395 377 1.02      
38 A" 157 150 0.95      
39 A" 58 55 0.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25291.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9541) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24130.2 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 QCISD/6-311G**
ABC
0.12892 0.04071 0.03094

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.222 0.000
C2 1.281 -0.350 0.000
C3 1.422 -1.739 0.000
C4 0.286 -2.559 0.000
C5 -0.991 -1.988 0.000
C6 -1.138 -0.597 0.000
C7 -0.098 1.714 0.000
O8 0.848 2.464 0.000
O9 -1.376 2.156 0.000
H10 2.147 0.304 0.000
H11 2.414 -2.183 0.000
H12 0.397 -3.640 0.000
H13 -1.872 -2.624 0.000
H14 -2.125 -0.147 0.000
H15 -1.312 3.118 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.40242.42232.79522.42161.40231.49522.39762.37392.14863.40743.88223.40632.15683.1797
C21.40241.39642.42222.80082.43172.48152.84723.65201.08562.15513.40683.88743.41194.3299
C32.42231.39641.40082.42652.80393.77254.24244.79612.16801.08662.15993.41153.88865.5739
C42.79522.42221.40081.39972.42454.28975.05434.99943.41442.16081.08712.15983.41105.8977
C52.42162.80082.42651.39971.39833.80784.81704.16173.88623.41132.15841.08672.16235.1160
C61.40232.43172.80392.42451.39832.53443.64942.76363.40683.89053.40852.15551.08483.7194
C71.49522.48153.77254.28973.80782.53441.20731.35262.65044.63595.37664.68662.75161.8566
O82.39762.84724.24245.05434.81703.64941.20732.24502.52054.90396.12105.76973.95682.2566
O92.37393.65204.79614.99944.16172.76361.35262.24503.97995.76126.06154.80582.42160.9641
H102.14861.08562.16803.41443.88623.40682.65042.52053.97992.50144.31514.97284.29594.4588
H113.40742.15511.08662.16083.41133.89054.63594.90395.76122.50142.48844.30934.97536.4795
H123.88223.40682.15991.08712.15843.40855.37666.12106.06154.31512.48842.48684.30916.9711
H133.40633.88743.41152.15981.08672.15554.68665.76974.80584.97284.30932.48682.49025.7694
H142.15683.41193.88863.41102.16231.08482.75163.95682.42164.29594.97534.30912.49023.3645
H153.17974.32995.57395.89775.11603.71941.85662.25660.96414.45886.47956.97115.76943.3645

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 119.879 C1 C2 H10 118.889
C1 C6 C5 119.690 C1 C6 H14 119.727
C1 C7 O8 124.698 C1 C7 O9 112.841
C2 C1 C6 120.220 C2 C1 C7 117.796
C2 C3 C4 119.989 C2 C3 H11 119.927
C3 C2 H10 121.231 C3 C4 C5 120.107
C3 C4 H12 119.967 C4 C3 H11 120.085
C4 C5 C6 120.115 C4 C5 H13 120.088
C5 C4 H12 119.927 C5 C6 H14 120.583
C6 C1 C7 121.984 C6 C5 H13 119.797
C7 O9 H15 105.291 O8 C7 O9 122.462
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability