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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.924797
Energy at 298.15K-420.931923
Nuclear repulsion energy405.028833
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/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' 3741 3615 57.66      
2 A' 3215 3106 3.76      
3 A' 3206 3098 6.67      
4 A' 3189 3081 25.22      
5 A' 3178 3071 18.02      
6 A' 3166 3059 0.54      
7 A' 1804 1743 334.26      
8 A' 1651 1595 17.21      
9 A' 1630 1575 5.56      
10 A' 1532 1480 1.35      
11 A' 1489 1438 17.21      
12 A' 1384 1337 84.47      
13 A' 1357 1312 6.72      
14 A' 1343 1297 4.39      
15 A' 1222 1181 182.60      
16 A' 1199 1158 112.15      
17 A' 1188 1148 0.42      
18 A' 1122 1084 46.39      
19 A' 1096 1059 77.89      
20 A' 1048 1013 14.63      
21 A' 1020 986 0.35      
22 A' 778 752 10.70      
23 A' 643 621 53.15      
24 A' 634 613 0.13      
25 A' 498 481 6.21      
26 A' 385 372 5.09      
27 A' 216 209 1.33      
28 A" 1006 972 0.12      
29 A" 982 949 0.11      
30 A" 955 923 1.32      
31 A" 862 833 0.06      
32 A" 828 800 0.32      
33 A" 734 709 150.81      
34 A" 707 683 14.73      
35 A" 621 600 65.77      
36 A" 436 422 9.41      
37 A" 417 403 0.55      
38 A" 159 153 0.96      
39 A" 72 69 0.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25354.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24500.5 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.12964 0.04086 0.03107

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.221 0.000
C2 1.278 -0.347 0.000
C3 1.426 -1.729 0.000
C4 0.298 -2.550 0.000
C5 -0.978 -1.987 0.000
C6 -1.130 -0.604 0.000
C7 -0.103 1.705 0.000
O8 0.834 2.467 0.000
O9 -1.385 2.147 0.000
H10 2.140 0.309 0.000
H11 2.418 -2.168 0.000
H12 0.413 -3.630 0.000
H13 -1.854 -2.626 0.000
H14 -2.117 -0.160 0.000
H15 -1.343 3.115 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39922.41632.78772.41511.39931.48682.39532.37162.14223.39953.87313.39832.15143.1896
C21.39921.38982.41122.78882.42192.47372.84893.64871.08372.14803.39443.87393.40094.3424
C32.41631.38981.39512.41722.79263.75904.23754.78792.16031.08502.15333.40043.87545.5794
C42.78772.41121.39511.39432.41394.27385.04564.98933.40182.15461.08552.15333.39845.8977
C52.41512.78882.41721.39431.39143.79374.80824.15373.87233.40072.15221.08512.15375.1146
C61.39932.42192.79262.41391.39142.52663.64522.76243.39553.87763.39642.14831.08283.7246
C71.48682.47373.75904.27383.79372.52661.20821.35582.64204.62115.35924.67172.74451.8775
O82.39532.84894.23755.04564.80823.64521.20822.24232.52184.89786.11095.75933.95102.2717
O92.37163.64874.78794.98934.15372.76241.35582.24233.97535.75156.04964.79622.41970.9688
H102.14221.08372.16033.40183.87233.39552.64202.52183.97532.49284.30114.95744.28354.4725
H113.39952.14801.08502.15463.40073.87764.62114.89785.75152.49282.48154.29694.96046.4847
H123.87313.39442.15331.08552.15223.39645.35926.11096.04964.30112.48152.47914.29476.9690
H133.39833.87393.40042.15331.08512.14834.67175.75934.79624.95744.29692.47912.48105.7638
H142.15143.40093.87543.39842.15371.08282.74453.95102.41974.28354.96044.29472.48103.3644
H153.18964.34245.57945.89775.11463.72461.87752.27170.96884.47256.48476.96905.76383.3644

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 120.080 C1 C2 H10 118.708
C1 C6 C5 119.860 C1 C6 H14 119.622
C1 C7 O8 125.124 C1 C7 O9 113.010
C2 C1 C6 119.865 C2 C1 C7 117.969
C2 C3 C4 119.956 C2 C3 H11 119.932
C3 C2 H10 121.212 C3 C4 C5 120.124
C3 C4 H12 119.961 C4 C3 H11 120.113
C4 C5 C6 120.116 C4 C5 H13 120.055
C5 C4 H12 119.915 C5 C6 H14 120.519
C6 C1 C7 122.166 C6 C5 H13 119.829
C7 O9 H15 106.551 O8 C7 O9 121.866
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.141      
2 C -0.161      
3 C -0.196      
4 C -0.173      
5 C -0.196      
6 C -0.155      
7 C 0.439      
8 O -0.331      
9 O -0.524      
10 H 0.220      
11 H 0.201      
12 H 0.200      
13 H 0.200      
14 H 0.219      
15 H 0.398      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.156 -1.484 0.000 1.881
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.734 -5.956 0.000
y -5.956 -45.129 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.412
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.037 -5.956 0.000
y -5.956 6.444 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.481
Polar
3z2-r2-14.962
x2-y2-3.604
xy-5.956
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.985 -0.330 0.000
y -0.330 16.197 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.006


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