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

using model chemistry: B1B95/cc-pVDZ

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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.699142
Energy at 298.15K-420.706267
Nuclear repulsion energy405.694168
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/cc-pVDZ
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' 3762 3616 97.70      
2 A' 3236 3111 3.81      
3 A' 3232 3106 5.68      
4 A' 3222 3097 10.32      
5 A' 3211 3087 9.34      
6 A' 3199 3075 0.24      
7 A' 1846 1774 308.66      
8 A' 1683 1618 17.68      
9 A' 1662 1597 4.04      
10 A' 1531 1471 7.80      
11 A' 1487 1429 20.73      
12 A' 1404 1350 58.02      
13 A' 1400 1345 104.95      
14 A' 1309 1258 5.68      
15 A' 1215 1168 153.13      
16 A' 1170 1125 33.40      
17 A' 1168 1122 61.53      
18 A' 1133 1090 39.94      
19 A' 1086 1044 22.77      
20 A' 1051 1011 10.16      
21 A' 1015 976 1.04      
22 A' 781 751 13.65      
23 A' 634 609 52.69      
24 A' 620 596 0.13      
25 A' 499 480 5.47      
26 A' 376 361 6.13      
27 A' 206 198 1.22      
28 A" 1022 983 0.00      
29 A" 1003 964 0.05      
30 A" 966 929 0.54      
31 A" 870 836 0.06      
32 A" 833 801 0.70      
33 A" 733 704 111.61      
34 A" 709 681 7.59      
35 A" 610 586 57.49      
36 A" 434 417 8.22      
37 A" 413 397 0.38      
38 A" 159 152 0.78      
39 A" 78 75 1.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25483.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24494.7 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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.12984 0.04110 0.03122

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.221 0.000
C2 1.268 -0.365 0.000
C3 1.393 -1.748 0.000
C4 0.253 -2.549 0.000
C5 -1.013 -1.966 0.000
C6 -1.143 -0.583 0.000
C7 -0.076 1.702 0.000
O8 0.881 2.440 0.000
O9 -1.341 2.166 0.000
H10 2.139 0.290 0.000
H11 2.383 -2.205 0.000
H12 0.351 -3.635 0.000
H13 -1.903 -2.596 0.000
H14 -2.127 -0.118 0.000
H15 -1.257 3.134 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39662.41172.78152.41051.39691.48272.38812.36312.14013.40043.87213.39922.15393.1724
C21.39661.38842.40852.78672.42032.46502.83173.63531.08962.15153.39633.87703.40374.3144
C32.41171.38841.39392.41592.79073.74914.21924.77472.16931.09012.15613.40373.87905.5543
C42.78152.40851.39391.39332.41134.26345.02894.97773.40812.15761.09062.15643.40185.8799
C52.41052.78672.41591.39331.38993.78584.79674.14593.87593.40392.15541.09022.15805.1060
C61.39692.42032.79072.41131.38992.52103.63812.75613.39563.88093.39862.15191.08833.7180
C71.48272.46503.74914.26343.78582.52101.20931.34812.62684.61595.35394.66962.74211.8562
O82.38812.83174.21925.02894.79673.63811.20932.23972.49164.88196.09875.75463.94942.2480
O92.36313.63534.77474.97774.14592.75611.34812.23973.95435.74276.04354.79502.41600.9710
H102.14011.08962.16933.40813.87593.39562.62682.49163.95432.50634.31264.96614.28554.4297
H113.40042.15151.09012.15763.40393.88094.61594.88195.74272.50632.48454.30374.96916.4613
H123.87213.39632.15611.09062.15543.39865.35396.09876.04354.31262.48452.48264.30246.9573
H133.39923.87703.40372.15641.09022.15194.66965.75464.79504.96614.30372.48262.48735.7656
H142.15393.40373.87903.40182.15801.08832.74213.94942.41604.28554.96914.30242.48733.3664
H153.17244.31445.55435.87995.10603.71801.85622.24800.97104.42976.46136.95735.76563.3664

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 119.984 C1 C2 H10 118.292
C1 C6 C5 119.751 C1 C6 H14 119.637
C1 C7 O8 124.719 C1 C7 O9 113.101
C2 C1 C6 120.085 C2 C1 C7 117.737
C2 C3 C4 119.916 C2 C3 H11 119.986
C3 C2 H10 121.724 C3 C4 C5 120.181
C3 C4 H12 119.916 C4 C3 H11 120.098
C4 C5 C6 120.083 C4 C5 H13 120.033
C5 C4 H12 119.903 C5 C6 H14 120.612
C6 C1 C7 122.178 C6 C5 H13 119.884
C7 O9 H15 105.172 O8 C7 O9 122.180
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.127      
2 C 0.063      
3 C 0.022      
4 C 0.027      
5 C 0.019      
6 C 0.050      
7 C 0.224      
8 O -0.245      
9 O -0.172      
10 H -0.001      
11 H -0.003      
12 H -0.005      
13 H -0.004      
14 H -0.005      
15 H 0.157      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.221 -1.321 0.000 1.798
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.239 -5.668 0.000
y -5.668 -44.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.390
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.688 -5.668 0.000
y -5.668 6.351 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.039
Polar
3z2-r2-14.077
x2-y2-3.775
xy-5.668
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.889 -0.262 0.000
y -0.262 15.966 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.567


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 327.762
(<r2>)1/2 18.104