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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-419.783217
Energy at 298.15K-419.790140
HF Energy-418.425474
Nuclear repulsion energy404.772273
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 CCD/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' 3888 3713 90.50      
2 A' 3247 3101 2.50      
3 A' 3241 3096 4.50      
4 A' 3226 3081 15.10      
5 A' 3216 3071 11.71      
6 A' 3203 3059 0.26      
7 A' 1895 1810 308.67      
8 A' 1688 1613 9.66      
9 A' 1667 1592 4.74      
10 A' 1553 1483 5.29      
11 A' 1502 1435 19.60      
12 A' 1428 1364 116.62      
13 A' 1356 1295 6.72      
14 A' 1317 1258 5.71      
15 A' 1256 1200 240.48      
16 A' 1209 1155 19.61      
17 A' 1183 1129 0.39      
18 A' 1146 1095 61.73      
19 A' 1110 1060 23.54      
20 A' 1058 1010 7.87      
21 A' 1019 974 0.55      
22 A' 789 754 19.20      
23 A' 651 621 51.48      
24 A' 630 601 0.08      
25 A' 503 480 4.57      
26 A' 388 370 4.94      
27 A' 221 211 1.17      
28 A" 953 911 0.04      
29 A" 936 894 0.08      
30 A" 913 872 0.71      
31 A" 860 821 0.03      
32 A" 800 764 2.36      
33 A" 725 693 138.39      
34 A" 571 545 70.94      
35 A" 502 480 2.50      
36 A" 414 396 9.62      
37 A" 396 378 0.94      
38 A" 158 151 0.94      
39 A" 55 52 0.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25436.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24294.0 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
0.12942 0.04080 0.03102

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.221 0.000
C2 1.280 -0.348 0.000
C3 1.422 -1.735 0.000
C4 0.290 -2.556 0.000
C5 -0.987 -1.987 0.000
C6 -1.136 -0.598 0.000
C7 -0.100 1.713 0.000
O8 0.841 2.460 0.000
O9 -1.375 2.153 0.000
H10 2.146 0.306 0.000
H11 2.415 -2.177 0.000
H12 0.402 -3.637 0.000
H13 -1.867 -2.623 0.000
H14 -2.123 -0.149 0.000
H15 -1.318 3.114 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.40052.41862.79222.41791.40041.49602.39202.37172.14733.40313.87883.40212.15543.1793
C21.40051.39482.42042.79712.42912.48052.84183.64741.08502.15283.40463.88333.40914.3282
C32.41861.39481.39912.42222.80023.76984.23534.79022.16601.08632.15843.40703.88455.5700
C42.79222.42041.39911.39782.42274.28765.04664.99533.41182.15861.08662.15753.40865.8939
C52.41792.79712.42221.39781.39683.80484.80764.15813.88193.40682.15701.08632.16075.1113
C61.40042.42912.80022.42271.39682.53293.64142.76153.40413.88643.40642.15341.08433.7162
C71.49602.48053.76984.28763.80482.53291.20131.34862.64994.63265.37414.68302.75011.8561
O82.39202.84184.23535.04664.80763.64141.20132.23712.51774.89696.11295.75973.94912.2561
O92.37173.64744.79024.99534.15812.76151.34862.23713.97545.75456.05704.80212.42110.9623
H102.14731.08502.16603.41183.88193.40412.64992.51773.97542.49824.31194.96824.29324.4586
H113.40312.15281.08632.15863.40683.88644.63264.89695.75452.49822.48664.30474.97076.4753
H123.87883.40462.15841.08662.15703.40645.37416.11296.05704.31192.48662.48484.30636.9668
H133.40213.88333.40702.15751.08632.15344.68305.75974.80214.96824.30472.48482.48775.7636
H142.15543.40913.88453.40862.16071.08432.75013.94912.42114.29324.97074.30632.48773.3610
H153.17934.32825.57005.89395.11133.71621.85612.25610.96234.45866.47536.96685.76363.3610

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 119.815 C1 C2 H10 118.969
C1 C6 C5 119.623 C1 C6 H14 119.787
C1 C7 O8 124.589 C1 C7 O9 112.871
C2 C1 C6 120.281 C2 C1 C7 117.782
C2 C3 C4 120.075 C2 C3 H11 119.871
C3 C2 H10 121.216 C3 C4 C5 120.005
C3 C4 H12 120.013 C4 C3 H11 120.054
C4 C5 C6 120.202 C4 C5 H13 120.052
C5 C4 H12 119.982 C5 C6 H14 120.590
C6 C1 C7 121.937 C6 C5 H13 119.747
C7 O9 H15 105.656 O8 C7 O9 122.540
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability