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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G**

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=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-419.647004
Energy at 298.15K-419.653910
HF Energy-418.336934
Nuclear repulsion energy404.932794
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=FULL/6-31G**
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' 3817 3567 91.56      
2 A' 3299 3082 2.44      
3 A' 3291 3075 5.51      
4 A' 3280 3065 12.27      
5 A' 3271 3056 10.33      
6 A' 3259 3046 0.16      
7 A' 1838 1717 228.54      
8 A' 1687 1577 8.01      
9 A' 1666 1557 5.90      
10 A' 1560 1458 4.59      
11 A' 1514 1414 16.80      
12 A' 1478 1381 1.98      
13 A' 1416 1323 155.04      
14 A' 1367 1277 3.34      
15 A' 1237 1156 83.12      
16 A' 1220 1140 105.16      
17 A' 1212 1133 1.46      
18 A' 1141 1066 52.77      
19 A' 1116 1043 77.99      
20 A' 1066 996 13.17      
21 A' 1023 956 1.48      
22 A' 785 733 11.82      
23 A' 636 594 51.86      
24 A' 631 589 0.06      
25 A' 501 468 5.59      
26 A' 387 362 5.83      
27 A' 221 206 1.19      
28 A" 936 874 0.14      
29 A" 930 869 0.09      
30 A" 907 847 0.80      
31 A" 858 802 0.11      
32 A" 784 732 0.00      
33 A" 723 675 142.90      
34 A" 625 584 67.73      
35 A" 514 481 0.63      
36 A" 416 388 5.70      
37 A" 395 369 0.47      
38 A" 157 147 0.66      
39 A" 55 51 0.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25608.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23928.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
0.12894 0.04102 0.03112

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.220 0.000
C2 1.276 -0.351 0.000
C3 1.413 -1.735 0.000
C4 0.280 -2.551 0.000
C5 -0.991 -1.977 0.000
C6 -1.138 -0.592 0.000
C7 -0.092 1.701 0.000
O8 0.862 2.462 0.000
O9 -1.376 2.146 0.000
H10 2.138 0.301 0.000
H11 2.399 -2.179 0.000
H12 0.388 -3.627 0.000
H13 -1.869 -2.610 0.000
H14 -2.120 -0.142 0.000
H15 -1.308 3.114 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39822.41252.78492.41061.39861.48372.40152.36722.14003.39293.86663.39102.15053.1760
C21.39821.39122.41482.79072.42672.46622.84283.64291.08082.14553.39443.87223.40254.3226
C32.41251.39121.39562.41662.79573.75144.23294.77972.16151.08152.15153.39633.87555.5607
C42.78492.41481.39561.39512.41824.26795.04594.98043.40352.15131.08172.15003.40045.8833
C52.41062.79072.41661.39511.39263.78654.81024.14123.87123.39672.15051.08152.15445.1012
C61.39862.42672.79572.41821.39262.52073.65082.74873.39643.87723.39692.14531.07983.7104
C71.48372.46623.75144.26793.78652.52071.22011.35932.63354.61095.34954.66232.74001.8644
O82.40152.84284.23295.04594.81023.65081.22012.26052.50964.88866.10705.75963.95842.2661
O92.36723.64294.77974.98044.14122.74871.35932.26053.96975.74126.03664.78102.40570.9705
H102.14001.08082.16153.40353.87123.39642.63352.50963.96972.49364.30024.95274.28124.4490
H113.39292.14551.08152.15133.39673.87724.61094.88865.74122.49362.47824.28984.95706.4624
H123.86663.39442.15151.08172.15053.39695.34956.10706.03664.30022.47822.47564.29366.9512
H133.39103.87223.39632.15001.08152.14534.66235.75964.78104.95274.28982.47562.48035.7511
H142.15053.40253.87553.40042.15441.07982.74003.95842.40574.28124.95704.29362.48033.3557
H153.17604.32265.56075.88335.10123.71041.86442.26610.97054.44906.46246.95125.75113.3557

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 119.740 C1 C2 H10 118.815
C1 C6 C5 119.456 C1 C6 H14 119.831
C1 C7 O8 125.010 C1 C7 O9 112.672
C2 C1 C6 120.386 C2 C1 C7 117.657
C2 C3 C4 120.109 C2 C3 H11 119.865
C3 C2 H10 121.445 C3 C4 C5 119.981
C3 C4 H12 120.035 C4 C3 H11 120.027
C4 C5 C6 120.328 C4 C5 H13 119.953
C5 C4 H12 119.984 C5 C6 H14 120.713
C6 C1 C7 121.957 C6 C5 H13 119.719
C7 O9 H15 105.083 O8 C7 O9 122.317
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability