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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.812413
Energy at 298.15K-420.819556
Nuclear repulsion energy406.388870
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 3782 3637 91.96      
2 A' 3217 3093 2.64      
3 A' 3210 3086 5.35      
4 A' 3197 3074 11.21      
5 A' 3187 3065 9.56      
6 A' 3175 3053 0.33      
7 A' 1809 1740 330.90      
8 A' 1658 1594 17.37      
9 A' 1638 1575 4.70      
10 A' 1530 1471 1.97      
11 A' 1487 1430 17.80      
12 A' 1384 1330 134.20      
13 A' 1368 1315 5.39      
14 A' 1341 1290 3.36      
15 A' 1213 1166 99.70      
16 A' 1189 1143 124.68      
17 A' 1182 1137 0.60      
18 A' 1124 1081 63.93      
19 A' 1099 1057 61.91      
20 A' 1052 1012 13.13      
21 A' 1022 983 0.88      
22 A' 779 749 11.39      
23 A' 638 614 50.55      
24 A' 629 604 0.04      
25 A' 498 479 5.71      
26 A' 383 369 4.73      
27 A' 215 207 1.54      
28 A" 1025 985 0.06      
29 A" 1007 968 0.06      
30 A" 970 933 1.27      
31 A" 870 837 0.05      
32 A" 831 799 0.00      
33 A" 733 705 117.69      
34 A" 711 683 15.56      
35 A" 600 577 58.46      
36 A" 435 419 9.23      
37 A" 414 398 0.44      
38 A" 158 152 0.73      
39 A" 64 61 1.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25412.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24436.5 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.13050 0.04115 0.03128

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.220 0.000
C2 1.268 -0.359 0.000
C3 1.402 -1.737 0.000
C4 0.270 -2.544 0.000
C5 -0.995 -1.971 0.000
C6 -1.133 -0.592 0.000
C7 -0.087 1.700 0.000
O8 0.861 2.446 0.000
O9 -1.357 2.158 0.000
H10 2.133 0.291 0.000
H11 2.388 -2.184 0.000
H12 0.375 -3.622 0.000
H13 -1.876 -2.601 0.000
H14 -2.116 -0.139 0.000
H15 -1.291 3.122 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39372.40682.77672.40611.39391.48282.38692.36582.13453.38843.86013.38762.14583.1763
C21.39371.38452.40212.77872.41272.46442.83393.63621.08222.14163.38343.86173.39074.3199
C32.40681.38451.38992.40852.78203.74524.21744.77252.15591.08302.14693.38993.86335.5549
C42.77672.40211.38991.38912.40464.25885.02454.97513.39252.14821.08342.14703.38755.8769
C52.40612.77872.40851.38911.38633.78174.79104.14443.86073.39002.14581.08302.14745.1015
C61.39392.41272.78202.40461.38632.51933.63382.75833.38403.86503.38542.14231.08133.7168
C71.48282.46443.74524.25883.78172.51931.20611.35022.62914.60545.34214.65842.73841.8633
O82.38692.83394.21745.02454.79103.63381.20612.23672.50204.87516.08745.74143.94252.2556
O92.36583.63624.77254.97514.14442.75831.35022.23673.95785.73376.03384.78702.41880.9666
H102.13451.08222.15593.39253.86073.38402.62912.50203.95782.48844.29034.94374.27064.4425
H113.38842.14161.08302.14823.39003.86504.60544.87515.73372.48842.47404.28444.94636.4566
H123.86013.38342.14691.08342.14583.38545.34216.08746.03384.29032.47402.47184.28216.9468
H133.38763.86173.38992.14701.08302.14234.65845.74144.78704.94374.28442.47182.47375.7530
H142.14583.39073.86333.38752.14741.08132.73843.94252.41884.27064.94634.28212.47373.3637
H153.17634.31995.55495.87695.10153.71681.86332.25560.96664.44256.45666.94685.75303.3637

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 120.069 C1 C2 H10 118.568
C1 C6 C5 119.864 C1 C6 H14 119.671
C1 C7 O8 124.850 C1 C7 O9 113.164
C2 C1 C6 119.890 C2 C1 C7 117.868
C2 C3 C4 119.947 C2 C3 H11 119.945
C3 C2 H10 121.363 C3 C4 C5 120.146
C3 C4 H12 119.942 C4 C3 H11 120.108
C4 C5 C6 120.084 C4 C5 H13 120.059
C5 C4 H12 119.912 C5 C6 H14 120.465
C6 C1 C7 122.242 C6 C5 H13 119.857
C7 O9 H15 105.886 O8 C7 O9 121.986
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.053      
2 C -0.090      
3 C -0.110      
4 C -0.093      
5 C -0.106      
6 C -0.111      
7 C 0.335      
8 O -0.325      
9 O -0.249      
10 H 0.128      
11 H 0.113      
12 H 0.114      
13 H 0.112      
14 H 0.124      
15 H 0.211      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.244 -1.575 0.000 2.007
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.368 -5.899 0.000
y -5.899 -45.306 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.796
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.183 -5.899 0.000
y -5.899 5.776 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -6.958
Polar
3z2-r2-13.917
x2-y2-3.062
xy-5.899
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.490 -0.269 0.000
y -0.269 16.832 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.168


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