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

using model chemistry: HF/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-418.491497
Energy at 298.15K-418.499095
HF Energy-418.491497
Nuclear repulsion energy409.082727
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 HF/Def2TZVPP
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' 4118 3733 157.31      
2 A' 3374 3058 3.11      
3 A' 3369 3054 4.10      
4 A' 3348 3034 18.17      
5 A' 3337 3025 13.31      
6 A' 3322 3011 0.82      
7 A' 1971 1787 505.33      
8 A' 1787 1620 21.45      
9 A' 1763 1598 5.35      
10 A' 1654 1499 3.50      
11 A' 1601 1452 25.38      
12 A' 1497 1357 169.41      
13 A' 1461 1325 2.57      
14 A' 1341 1215 50.38      
15 A' 1317 1194 209.53      
16 A' 1286 1166 41.87      
17 A' 1221 1107 8.11      
18 A' 1197 1085 78.18      
19 A' 1166 1057 1.81      
20 A' 1117 1012 6.91      
21 A' 1087 985 0.02      
22 A' 836 758 19.07      
23 A' 696 631 60.60      
24 A' 674 611 0.14      
25 A' 534 484 4.88      
26 A' 409 371 4.97      
27 A' 234 212 1.96      
28 A" 1131 1025 0.00      
29 A" 1120 1015 0.03      
30 A" 1078 977 0.83      
31 A" 960 870 0.01      
32 A" 916 831 1.62      
33 A" 808 732 158.46      
34 A" 759 688 6.52      
35 A" 622 563 78.77      
36 A" 477 432 12.53      
37 A" 455 412 0.35      
38 A" 175 159 0.73      
39 A" 68 61 1.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27141.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9064) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24601.1 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 HF/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.13286 0.04145 0.03159

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.212 0.000
C2 1.266 -0.349 0.000
C3 1.414 -1.717 0.000
C4 0.296 -2.528 0.000
C5 -0.967 -1.973 0.000
C6 -1.118 -0.604 0.000
C7 -0.109 1.689 0.000
O8 0.807 2.439 0.000
O9 -1.355 2.153 0.000
H10 2.119 0.298 0.000
H11 2.394 -2.151 0.000
H12 0.410 -3.594 0.000
H13 -1.832 -2.606 0.000
H14 -2.095 -0.169 0.000
H15 -1.307 3.097 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.38512.39182.75592.38961.38431.48132.36842.36702.12063.36393.82813.36132.12973.1665
C21.38511.37622.38532.76182.39842.45872.82523.62361.06982.12593.35633.83383.36654.3000
C32.39181.37621.38082.39492.76643.73134.20004.75852.13451.07202.12853.36603.83535.5292
C42.75592.38531.38081.37982.38834.23664.99284.96343.36242.13161.07222.13023.35875.8483
C52.38962.76182.39491.37981.37783.76184.75534.14413.83153.36612.12701.07202.12745.0810
C61.38432.39842.76642.38831.37782.50553.60052.76663.36043.83833.35842.12571.06903.7050
C71.48132.45873.73134.23663.76182.50551.18321.32972.62664.58395.30884.62822.72061.8479
O82.36842.82524.20004.99284.75533.60051.18322.18082.51114.85646.04585.69343.90202.2133
O92.36703.62364.75854.96344.14412.76661.32972.18083.93825.70786.01184.78252.43740.9450
H102.12061.06982.13453.36243.83153.36042.62662.51113.93822.46404.25034.90344.23994.4234
H113.36392.12591.07202.13163.36613.83834.58394.85645.70782.46402.45344.25124.90736.4211
H123.82813.35632.12851.07222.12703.35845.30886.04586.01184.25032.45342.45084.24316.9072
H133.36133.83383.36602.13021.07202.12574.62825.69344.78254.90344.25122.45082.45045.7265
H142.12973.36653.83533.35872.12741.06902.72063.90202.43744.23994.90734.24312.45043.3599
H153.16654.30005.52925.84835.08103.70501.84792.21330.94504.42346.42116.90725.72653.3599

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 120.040 C1 C2 H10 118.938
C1 C6 C5 119.803 C1 C6 H14 119.931
C1 C7 O8 125.091 C1 C7 O9 114.605
C2 C1 C6 120.009 C2 C1 C7 118.093
C2 C3 C4 119.801 C2 C3 H11 120.026
C3 C2 H10 121.023 C3 C4 C5 120.339
C3 C4 H12 119.857 C4 C3 H11 120.172
C4 C5 C6 120.007 C4 C5 H13 120.125
C5 C4 H12 119.804 C5 C6 H14 120.265
C6 C1 C7 121.898 C6 C5 H13 119.868
C7 O9 H15 107.448 O8 C7 O9 120.303
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.040      
2 C -0.105      
3 C -0.071      
4 C -0.077      
5 C -0.089      
6 C -0.117      
7 C 0.553      
8 O -0.459      
9 O -0.371      
10 H 0.129      
11 H 0.101      
12 H 0.099      
13 H 0.099      
14 H 0.117      
15 H 0.230      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.363 -1.758 0.000 2.224
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.744 -6.490 0.000
y -6.490 -46.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.943
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.966 -6.490 0.000
y -6.490 5.366 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.332
Polar
3z2-r2-14.664
x2-y2-2.266
xy-6.490
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.905 -0.076 0.000
y -0.076 15.391 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.897


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 324.955
(<r2>)1/2 18.027