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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.855337
Energy at 298.15K-420.862489
Nuclear repulsion energy403.869954
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 B3LYP/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' 3719 3607 85.88      
2 A' 3222 3125 2.25      
3 A' 3214 3118 4.31      
4 A' 3198 3103 15.78      
5 A' 3188 3092 12.65      
6 A' 3175 3080 0.27      
7 A' 1811 1757 301.07      
8 A' 1655 1605 16.85      
9 A' 1634 1585 4.88      
10 A' 1521 1475 3.10      
11 A' 1478 1434 17.74      
12 A' 1385 1343 123.58      
13 A' 1367 1326 4.67      
14 A' 1327 1287 5.53      
15 A' 1212 1176 162.41      
16 A' 1182 1146 77.90      
17 A' 1172 1137 0.91      
18 A' 1120 1087 59.31      
19 A' 1092 1059 45.27      
20 A' 1046 1014 11.11      
21 A' 1016 986 0.90      
22 A' 777 753 10.25      
23 A' 636 617 50.26      
24 A' 628 609 0.06      
25 A' 496 481 5.35      
26 A' 384 372 5.32      
27 A' 215 208 1.37      
28 A" 1023 993 0.01      
29 A" 1003 973 0.06      
30 A" 969 940 0.54      
31 A" 871 845 0.05      
32 A" 831 806 0.22      
33 A" 732 710 106.45      
34 A" 710 688 3.37      
35 A" 604 586 59.93      
36 A" 439 426 8.06      
37 A" 418 405 0.42      
38 A" 160 155 0.63      
39 A" 77 75 0.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25352.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24592.0 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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.12876 0.04069 0.03092

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.223 0.000
C2 1.280 -0.351 0.000
C3 1.423 -1.738 0.000
C4 0.288 -2.558 0.000
C5 -0.990 -1.988 0.000
C6 -1.137 -0.600 0.000
C7 -0.098 1.709 0.000
O8 0.848 2.468 0.000
O9 -1.380 2.156 0.000
H10 2.148 0.310 0.000
H11 2.420 -2.184 0.000
H12 0.400 -3.645 0.000
H13 -1.874 -2.629 0.000
H14 -2.128 -0.147 0.000
H15 -1.315 3.127 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.40332.42332.79582.42241.40361.48922.40012.37452.14933.41353.88833.41252.16043.1883
C21.40331.39442.41922.79842.43022.47902.85253.65531.09092.15833.40893.89063.41504.3404
C32.42331.39441.39982.42552.80193.76814.24574.79782.17321.09222.16343.41523.89195.5834
C42.79582.41921.39981.39902.42184.28435.05724.99983.41822.16451.09262.16343.41365.9071
C52.42242.79842.42551.39901.39603.80294.82044.16193.88903.41532.16221.09222.16505.1259
C61.40362.43022.80192.42181.39602.53183.65452.76613.40843.89413.41082.15861.09003.7316
C71.48922.47903.76814.28433.80292.53181.21351.35722.64564.63675.37684.68722.75071.8690
O82.40012.85254.24575.05724.82043.65451.21352.25002.51874.91076.12935.77853.96242.2618
O92.37453.65534.79784.99984.16192.76611.35722.25003.98085.76826.06714.80982.42110.9741
H102.14931.09092.17323.41823.88903.40842.64562.51873.98082.50944.32404.98124.30044.4638
H113.41352.15831.09222.16453.41533.89414.63674.91075.76822.50942.49284.31714.98406.4935
H123.88833.40892.16341.09262.16223.41085.37686.12936.06714.32402.49282.49064.31606.9860
H133.41253.89063.41522.16341.09222.15864.68725.77854.80984.98124.31712.49062.49495.7834
H142.16043.41503.89193.41362.16501.09002.75073.96242.42114.30044.98404.31602.49493.3739
H153.18834.34045.58345.90715.12593.73161.86902.26180.97414.46386.49356.98605.78343.3739

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 120.038 C1 C2 H10 118.487
C1 C6 C5 119.825 C1 C6 H14 119.548
C1 C7 O8 124.952 C1 C7 O9 112.991
C2 C1 C6 119.943 C2 C1 C7 117.944
C2 C3 C4 119.954 C2 C3 H11 119.962
C3 C2 H10 121.475 C3 C4 C5 120.136
C3 C4 H12 119.956 C4 C3 H11 120.083
C4 C5 C6 120.103 C4 C5 H13 120.045
C5 C4 H12 119.908 C5 C6 H14 120.627
C6 C1 C7 122.113 C6 C5 H13 119.852
C7 O9 H15 105.403 O8 C7 O9 122.057
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.061      
2 C 0.063      
3 C 0.043      
4 C 0.042      
5 C 0.041      
6 C 0.048      
7 C 0.188      
8 O -0.236      
9 O -0.166      
10 H -0.022      
11 H -0.021      
12 H -0.022      
13 H -0.022      
14 H -0.025      
15 H 0.149      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.187 -1.380 0.000 1.820
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.640 -5.722 0.000
y -5.722 -45.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.486
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.772 -5.722 0.000
y -5.722 5.725 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -6.497
Polar
3z2-r2-12.994
x2-y2-3.302
xy-5.722
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.044 -0.342 0.000
y -0.342 16.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.550


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