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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.688549
Energy at 298.15K-420.695625
Nuclear repulsion energy404.780777
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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' 3798 3646 99.13      
2 A' 3236 3107 2.89      
3 A' 3230 3101 5.45      
4 A' 3218 3089 12.18      
5 A' 3208 3080 10.32      
6 A' 3197 3069 0.36      
7 A' 1811 1739 377.90      
8 A' 1665 1598 19.66      
9 A' 1644 1578 4.96      
10 A' 1531 1470 3.85      
11 A' 1487 1428 17.13      
12 A' 1387 1332 64.05      
13 A' 1382 1327 109.90      
14 A' 1339 1285 3.50      
15 A' 1213 1164 92.98      
16 A' 1191 1143 133.91      
17 A' 1185 1138 0.91      
18 A' 1129 1084 63.87      
19 A' 1101 1058 54.45      
20 A' 1051 1010 13.63      
21 A' 1016 976 1.20      
22 A' 779 748 10.93      
23 A' 634 609 52.16      
24 A' 626 601 0.07      
25 A' 498 478 5.98      
26 A' 382 367 5.28      
27 A' 212 204 1.58      
28 A" 1014 973 0.04      
29 A" 999 959 0.07      
30 A" 959 921 1.76      
31 A" 866 831 0.05      
32 A" 820 787 0.11      
33 A" 729 700 146.79      
34 A" 698 670 7.96      
35 A" 601 577 67.63      
36 A" 431 414 10.05      
37 A" 412 396 0.44      
38 A" 158 152 0.81      
39 A" 66 64 1.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25451.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24435.7 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.12929 0.04088 0.03106

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.222 0.000
C2 1.274 -0.358 0.000
C3 1.408 -1.743 0.000
C4 0.271 -2.554 0.000
C5 -1.001 -1.978 0.000
C6 -1.140 -0.592 0.000
C7 -0.088 1.703 0.000
O8 0.866 2.455 0.000
O9 -1.360 2.164 0.000
H10 2.143 0.293 0.000
H11 2.397 -2.191 0.000
H12 0.376 -3.635 0.000
H13 -1.885 -2.609 0.000
H14 -2.125 -0.137 0.000
H15 -1.298 3.131 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.40022.41712.78852.41651.40071.48392.39582.37082.14413.40153.87523.40112.15533.1860
C21.40021.39122.41402.79302.42602.47062.84313.64691.08552.14973.39803.87923.40684.3353
C32.41711.39121.39672.42052.79633.75664.23334.78792.16451.08622.15553.40483.88115.5751
C42.78852.41401.39671.39602.41664.27175.04444.99123.40712.15741.08662.15613.40295.8974
C52.41652.79302.42051.39601.39303.79234.81044.15683.87823.40512.15481.08632.15685.1176
C61.40072.42602.79632.41661.39302.52463.64852.76403.40043.88253.40022.15071.08473.7264
C71.48392.47063.75664.27173.79232.52461.21501.35322.63904.61965.35834.67192.74531.8722
O82.39582.84314.23335.04444.81043.64851.21502.24542.51134.89256.11045.76383.95852.2673
O92.37083.64694.78794.99124.15682.76401.35322.24543.97125.75186.05304.80182.42450.9697
H102.14411.08552.16453.40713.87823.40042.63902.51133.97122.49724.30734.96454.28984.4606
H113.40152.14971.08622.15743.40513.88254.61964.89255.75182.49722.48434.30254.96726.4797
H123.87523.39802.15551.08662.15483.40025.35836.11046.05304.30732.48432.48234.30026.9705
H133.40113.87923.40482.15611.08632.15074.67195.76384.80184.96454.30252.48232.48415.7707
H142.15533.40683.88113.40292.15681.08472.74533.95852.42454.28984.96724.30022.48413.3714
H153.18604.33535.57515.89745.11763.72641.87222.26730.96974.46066.47976.97055.77073.3714

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 119.977 C1 C2 H10 118.674
C1 C6 C5 119.763 C1 C6 H14 119.718
C1 C7 O8 124.878 C1 C7 O9 113.290
C2 C1 C6 120.032 C2 C1 C7 117.857
C2 C3 C4 119.969 C2 C3 H11 119.887
C3 C2 H10 121.349 C3 C4 C5 120.155
C3 C4 H12 119.928 C4 C3 H11 120.144
C4 C5 C6 120.104 C4 C5 H13 120.073
C5 C4 H12 119.917 C5 C6 H14 120.519
C6 C1 C7 122.111 C6 C5 H13 119.824
C7 O9 H15 106.232 O8 C7 O9 121.832
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.068      
2 C -0.162      
3 C -0.208      
4 C -0.160      
5 C -0.250      
6 C 0.004      
7 C 0.419      
8 O -0.473      
9 O -0.459      
10 H 0.184      
11 H 0.159      
12 H 0.157      
13 H 0.158      
14 H 0.176      
15 H 0.387      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.244 -1.729 0.000 2.130
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.791 -6.109 0.000
y -6.109 -45.721 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.670
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.404 -6.109 0.000
y -6.109 6.009 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.414
Polar
3z2-r2-14.828
x2-y2-3.070
xy-6.109
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.851 -0.136 0.000
y -0.136 17.115 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.957


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000