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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.769492
Energy at 298.15K-420.776609
Nuclear repulsion energy406.817968
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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' 3810 3658 95.66      
2 A' 3225 3096 3.58      
3 A' 3219 3090 8.06      
4 A' 3209 3081 11.58      
5 A' 3199 3071 10.52      
6 A' 3187 3060 0.32      
7 A' 1836 1762 331.55      
8 A' 1673 1607 17.90      
9 A' 1652 1586 4.44      
10 A' 1532 1471 3.64      
11 A' 1490 1431 19.69      
12 A' 1393 1337 148.29      
13 A' 1380 1325 5.20      
14 A' 1326 1273 4.83      
15 A' 1217 1168 149.02      
16 A' 1181 1133 13.78      
17 A' 1177 1130 94.49      
18 A' 1131 1086 60.27      
19 A' 1093 1049 33.09      
20 A' 1053 1011 11.55      
21 A' 1019 978 0.97      
22 A' 782 751 13.88      
23 A' 639 613 53.85      
24 A' 625 600 0.07      
25 A' 501 481 5.78      
26 A' 378 363 5.75      
27 A' 209 201 1.21      
28 A" 1018 977 0.03      
29 A" 999 959 0.05      
30 A" 962 924 1.12      
31 A" 867 832 0.07      
32 A" 828 795 0.22      
33 A" 731 702 138.69      
34 A" 706 677 8.98      
35 A" 602 578 62.33      
36 A" 431 414 9.84      
37 A" 410 394 0.53      
38 A" 157 151 0.95      
39 A" 72 69 0.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25456.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24440.9 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
0.13056 0.04130 0.03137

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.219 0.000
C2 1.265 -0.364 0.000
C3 1.390 -1.743 0.000
C4 0.253 -2.542 0.000
C5 -1.009 -1.962 0.000
C6 -1.139 -0.582 0.000
C7 -0.075 1.698 0.000
O8 0.878 2.435 0.000
O9 -1.339 2.162 0.000
H10 2.131 0.284 0.000
H11 2.373 -2.197 0.000
H12 0.351 -3.621 0.000
H13 -1.893 -2.587 0.000
H14 -2.117 -0.121 0.000
H15 -1.267 3.125 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39272.40462.77302.40321.39291.48092.38312.36002.13213.38643.85623.38512.14433.1699
C21.39271.38422.40122.77872.41372.45922.82543.62831.08232.14163.38233.86153.39044.3109
C32.40461.38421.38982.40902.78293.73984.20864.76452.15811.08272.14633.38993.86405.5457
C42.77302.40121.38981.38912.40424.25305.01584.96673.39332.14781.08322.14663.38825.8674
C52.40322.77872.40901.38911.38583.77754.78454.13753.86063.39012.14521.08282.14875.0933
C61.39292.41372.78292.40421.38582.51673.62932.75193.38323.86563.38452.14191.08123.7093
C71.48092.45923.73984.25303.77752.51671.20441.34722.62024.60025.33624.65522.73521.8594
O82.38312.82544.20865.01584.78453.62931.20442.23452.48874.86656.07845.73563.93752.2539
O92.36003.62834.76454.96674.13752.75191.34722.23453.94625.72576.02534.78162.41210.9652
H102.13211.08232.15813.39333.86063.38322.62022.48873.94622.49264.29154.94344.26754.4293
H113.38642.14161.08272.14783.39013.86564.60024.86655.72572.49262.47314.28394.94676.4475
H123.85623.38232.14631.08322.14523.38455.33626.07846.02534.29152.47312.47084.28276.9371
H133.38513.86153.38992.14661.08282.14194.65525.73564.78164.94344.28392.47082.47635.7461
H142.14433.39043.86403.38822.14871.08122.73523.93752.41214.26754.94674.28272.47633.3552
H153.16994.31095.54575.86745.09333.70931.85942.25390.96524.42936.44756.93715.74613.3552

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 119.973 C1 C2 H10 118.422
C1 C6 C5 119.731 C1 C6 H14 119.621
C1 C7 O8 124.800 C1 C7 O9 113.040
C2 C1 C6 120.101 C2 C1 C7 117.661
C2 C3 C4 119.909 C2 C3 H11 119.986
C3 C2 H10 121.604 C3 C4 C5 120.200
C3 C4 H12 119.921 C4 C3 H11 120.104
C4 C5 C6 120.086 C4 C5 H13 120.044
C5 C4 H12 119.879 C5 C6 H14 120.648
C6 C1 C7 122.237 C6 C5 H13 119.870
C7 O9 H15 105.859 O8 C7 O9 122.160
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.263      
2 C -0.025      
3 C -0.117      
4 C -0.080      
5 C -0.119      
6 C -0.015      
7 C 0.439      
8 O -0.340      
9 O -0.340      
10 H 0.130      
11 H 0.115      
12 H 0.114      
13 H 0.114      
14 H 0.126      
15 H 0.262      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.216 -1.441 0.000 1.885
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.363 -5.801 0.000
y -5.801 -44.609 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.875
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.879 -5.801 0.000
y -5.801 6.510 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.389
Polar
3z2-r2-14.777
x2-y2-3.754
xy-5.801
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.913 -0.234 0.000
y -0.234 16.008 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.132


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 326.395
(<r2>)1/2 18.066