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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.755406
Energy at 298.15K-420.762511
Nuclear repulsion energy406.797544
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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' 3780 3624 64.89      
2 A' 3228 3094 4.41      
3 A' 3222 3088 8.94      
4 A' 3210 3077 19.76      
5 A' 3199 3067 14.64      
6 A' 3187 3055 0.42      
7 A' 1837 1761 340.36      
8 A' 1678 1608 17.99      
9 A' 1656 1588 4.48      
10 A' 1539 1475 3.10      
11 A' 1497 1435 19.18      
12 A' 1398 1341 125.73      
13 A' 1383 1326 3.49      
14 A' 1333 1278 6.66      
15 A' 1230 1179 202.63      
16 A' 1186 1137 26.44      
17 A' 1183 1134 66.40      
18 A' 1134 1087 53.85      
19 A' 1096 1050 32.87      
20 A' 1054 1011 11.34      
21 A' 1021 978 0.93      
22 A' 783 751 13.97      
23 A' 640 614 55.03      
24 A' 626 600 0.07      
25 A' 501 480 6.21      
26 A' 377 362 5.90      
27 A' 207 198 1.17      
28 A" 1009 967 0.09      
29 A" 985 944 0.10      
30 A" 955 916 1.32      
31 A" 863 827 0.07      
32 A" 831 796 0.85      
33 A" 735 704 154.93      
34 A" 705 676 16.39      
35 A" 626 600 63.00      
36 A" 432 414 9.47      
37 A" 411 394 0.50      
38 A" 157 151 1.11      
39 A" 74 71 0.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25482.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24427.5 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
0.13056 0.04130 0.03137

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.220 0.000
C2 1.266 -0.360 0.000
C3 1.396 -1.738 0.000
C4 0.262 -2.541 0.000
C5 -1.002 -1.965 0.000
C6 -1.137 -0.585 0.000
C7 -0.080 1.697 0.000
O8 0.869 2.439 0.000
O9 -1.346 2.156 0.000
H10 2.133 0.290 0.000
H11 2.382 -2.189 0.000
H12 0.363 -3.621 0.000
H13 -1.885 -2.593 0.000
H14 -2.117 -0.128 0.000
H15 -1.288 3.120 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39282.40502.77342.40351.39301.47972.38372.35822.13403.38763.85763.38622.14543.1731
C21.39281.38432.40142.77872.41362.45882.82773.62731.08302.14243.38333.86243.39154.3168
C32.40501.38431.38992.40912.78303.73944.21094.76312.15761.08372.14723.39093.86505.5503
C42.77342.40141.38991.38922.40444.25245.01764.96483.39332.14881.08422.14753.38895.8693
C52.40352.77872.40911.38921.38593.77644.78524.13493.86143.39122.14621.08372.14905.0925
C61.39302.41362.78302.40441.38592.51553.62942.74923.38463.86673.38572.14271.08203.7082
C71.47972.45883.73944.25243.77642.51551.20461.34702.62264.60065.33644.65482.73511.8662
O82.38372.82774.21095.01764.78523.62941.20462.23352.49384.86976.08125.73693.93782.2617
O92.35823.62734.76314.96484.13492.74921.34702.23353.94825.72536.02424.77942.41000.9657
H102.13401.08302.15763.39333.86143.38462.62262.49383.94822.49144.29214.94514.27044.4398
H113.38762.14241.08372.14883.39123.86674.60064.86975.72532.49142.47444.28584.94866.4539
H123.85763.38332.14721.08422.14623.38575.33646.08126.02424.29212.47442.47204.28406.9397
H133.38623.86243.39092.14751.08372.14274.65485.73694.77944.94514.28582.47202.47635.7440
H142.14543.39153.86503.38892.14901.08202.73513.93782.41004.27044.94864.28402.47633.3516
H153.17314.31685.55035.86935.09253.70821.86622.26170.96574.43986.45396.93975.74403.3516

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 119.990 C1 C2 H10 118.529
C1 C6 C5 119.739 C1 C6 H14 119.662
C1 C7 O8 124.933 C1 C7 O9 112.995
C2 C1 C6 120.083 C2 C1 C7 117.702
C2 C3 C4 119.905 C2 C3 H11 119.977
C3 C2 H10 121.481 C3 C4 C5 120.192
C3 C4 H12 119.922 C4 C3 H11 120.118
C4 C5 C6 120.091 C4 C5 H13 120.044
C5 C4 H12 119.886 C5 C6 H14 120.599
C6 C1 C7 122.215 C6 C5 H13 119.865
C7 O9 H15 106.429 O8 C7 O9 122.071
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.181      
2 C -0.157      
3 C -0.211      
4 C -0.177      
5 C -0.213      
6 C -0.147      
7 C 0.452      
8 O -0.336      
9 O -0.529      
10 H 0.233      
11 H 0.210      
12 H 0.209      
13 H 0.209      
14 H 0.231      
15 H 0.407      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.198 -1.399 0.000 1.842
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.282 -5.913 0.000
y -5.913 -44.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.137
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.877 -5.913 0.000
y -5.913 7.029 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.906
Polar
3z2-r2-15.812
x2-y2-4.101
xy-5.913
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.843 -0.246 0.000
y -0.246 15.933 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.001


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 326.395
(<r2>)1/2 18.066