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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-419.429734
Energy at 298.15K-419.437118
Nuclear repulsion energy408.065165
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 CID/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' 4024 3739 102.98      
2 A' 3357 3119 2.70      
3 A' 3351 3114 4.43      
4 A' 3333 3097 18.77      
5 A' 3323 3087 14.09      
6 A' 3308 3074 0.58      
7 A' 1957 1818 418.89      
8 A' 1765 1640 17.86      
9 A' 1742 1618 4.94      
10 A' 1622 1507 4.59      
11 A' 1568 1457 26.58      
12 A' 1484 1379 139.25      
13 A' 1422 1321 7.98      
14 A' 1355 1259 17.99      
15 A' 1314 1221 287.18      
16 A' 1264 1174 25.32      
17 A' 1224 1138 2.18      
18 A' 1197 1112 52.44      
19 A' 1157 1075 17.88      
20 A' 1101 1023 7.73      
21 A' 1063 988 0.43      
22 A' 823 764 20.13      
23 A' 679 631 61.17      
24 A' 658 611 0.08      
25 A' 525 487 5.26      
26 A' 403 375 5.69      
27 A' 229 213 1.48      
28 A" 1029 956 0.09      
29 A" 1016 944 0.10      
30 A" 994 924 0.90      
31 A" 913 849 0.02      
32 A" 871 810 5.38      
33 A" 776 721 187.64      
34 A" 681 633 3.80      
35 A" 626 582 80.42      
36 A" 452 420 11.63      
37 A" 433 402 0.68      
38 A" 170 158 1.18      
39 A" 69 64 0.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26639.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9291) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24750.9 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 CID/6-311G*
ABC
0.13174 0.04140 0.03150

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.218 0.000
C2 1.269 -0.348 0.000
C3 1.410 -1.724 0.000
C4 0.285 -2.536 0.000
C5 -0.982 -1.971 0.000
C6 -1.127 -0.594 0.000
C7 -0.099 1.699 0.000
O8 0.835 2.440 0.000
O9 -1.356 2.142 0.000
H10 2.129 0.298 0.000
H11 2.394 -2.163 0.000
H12 0.395 -3.608 0.000
H13 -1.855 -2.603 0.000
H14 -2.107 -0.150 0.000
H15 -1.327 3.093 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.38962.40042.76872.39941.38951.48432.37372.35392.13083.37713.84673.37602.13893.1663
C21.38961.38322.39872.77472.40892.46212.82223.61841.07622.13583.37493.85213.38184.3105
C32.40041.38321.38762.40462.77813.74114.20414.75412.14651.07742.14003.38103.85365.5406
C42.76872.39871.38761.38652.40114.25235.00634.95753.38142.14181.07802.14053.37845.8551
C52.39942.77472.40461.38651.38503.77524.77084.13063.85083.38112.13891.07752.14105.0762
C61.38952.40892.77812.40111.38502.51343.61342.74583.37683.85553.37692.13641.07553.6926
C71.48432.46213.74114.25233.77522.51341.19171.33322.63164.59725.33034.64662.73011.8578
O82.37372.82224.20415.00634.77083.61341.19172.21072.50284.86086.06445.71533.91952.2577
O92.35393.61844.75414.95754.13062.74581.33322.21073.94295.70996.01124.77122.41220.9514
H102.13081.07622.14653.38143.85083.37682.63162.50283.94292.47614.27414.92824.25994.4446
H113.37712.13581.07742.14183.38113.85554.59724.86085.70992.47612.46624.27124.93106.4403
H123.84673.37492.14001.07802.13893.37695.33036.06446.01124.27412.46622.46424.26856.9190
H133.37603.85213.38102.14051.07752.13644.64665.71534.77124.92824.27122.46422.46585.7204
H142.13893.38183.85363.37842.14101.07552.73013.91952.41224.25994.93104.26852.46583.3357
H153.16634.31055.54065.85515.07623.69261.85782.25770.95144.44466.44036.91905.72043.3357

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 119.924 C1 C2 H10 119.017
C1 C6 C5 119.720 C1 C6 H14 119.846
C1 C7 O8 124.649 C1 C7 O9 113.219
C2 C1 C6 120.175 C2 C1 C7 117.862
C2 C3 C4 119.929 C2 C3 H11 119.937
C3 C2 H10 121.059 C3 C4 C5 120.178
C3 C4 H12 119.922 C4 C3 H11 120.133
C4 C5 C6 120.072 C4 C5 H13 120.093
C5 C4 H12 119.899 C5 C6 H14 120.434
C6 C1 C7 121.962 C6 C5 H13 119.834
C7 O9 H15 107.645 O8 C7 O9 122.132
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability