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All results from a given calculation for C6H5Cl (chlorobenzene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.738081
Energy at 298.15K-691.743169
Nuclear repulsion energy311.702200
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3139 3122 0.75      
2 A1 3126 3109 20.30      
3 A1 3104 3088 0.19      
4 A1 1563 1555 28.65      
5 A1 1463 1455 39.41      
6 A1 1167 1161 0.04      
7 A1 1056 1050 40.91      
8 A1 1008 1002 27.22      
9 A1 982 977 5.17      
10 A1 682 679 29.17      
11 A1 397 395 6.56      
12 A2 936 931 0.00      
13 A2 808 803 0.00      
14 A2 404 401 0.00      
15 B1 958 953 0.09      
16 B1 878 874 1.81      
17 B1 724 720 67.78      
18 B1 669 665 14.57      
19 B1 463 461 9.75      
20 B1 181 180 0.18      
21 B2 3136 3120 9.92      
22 B2 3112 3096 12.50      
23 B2 1567 1559 2.27      
24 B2 1432 1425 3.50      
25 B2 1317 1310 0.43      
26 B2 1293 1286 0.01      
27 B2 1155 1149 0.08      
28 B2 1065 1060 4.99      
29 B2 608 605 0.25      
30 B2 288 287 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19340.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19237.5 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18604 0.05093 0.03998

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 2.287
C2 0.000 0.000 0.506
C3 0.000 1.227 -0.181
C4 0.000 -1.227 -0.181
C5 0.000 1.217 -1.589
C6 0.000 -1.217 -1.589
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.297
H8 0.000 2.166 0.374
H9 0.000 -2.166 0.374
H10 0.000 2.168 -2.129
H11 0.000 -2.168 -2.129
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.389

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.78162.75662.75664.06334.06334.58402.89002.89004.91974.91975.6765
C21.78161.40591.40592.42312.42312.80242.17012.17013.41203.41203.8949
C32.75661.40592.45321.40802.82062.44521.09143.43782.16323.91363.4344
C42.75661.40592.45322.82061.40802.44523.43781.09143.91362.16323.4344
C54.06332.42311.40802.82062.43491.40802.18063.91191.09313.42822.1730
C64.06332.42312.82061.40802.43491.40803.91192.18063.42821.09312.1730
C74.58402.80242.44522.44521.40801.40803.43883.43882.17452.17451.0925
H82.89002.17011.09143.43782.18063.91193.43884.33222.50315.00504.3422
H92.89002.17013.43781.09143.91192.18063.43884.33225.00502.50314.3422
H104.91973.41202.16323.91361.09313.42822.17452.50315.00504.33602.5077
H114.91973.41203.91362.16323.42821.09312.17455.00502.50314.33602.5077
H125.67653.89493.43443.43442.17302.17301.09254.34224.34222.50772.5077

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 119.254 Cl1 C2 C4 119.254
C2 C3 C5 118.881 C2 C3 H8 120.153
C2 C4 C6 118.881 C2 C4 H9 120.153
C3 C2 C4 121.492 C3 C5 C7 120.531
C3 C5 H10 119.212 C4 C6 C7 120.531
C4 C6 H11 119.212 C5 C3 H8 120.966
C5 C7 C6 119.684 C5 C7 H12 120.158
C6 C4 H9 120.966 C6 C7 H12 120.158
C7 C5 H10 120.257 C7 C6 H11 120.257
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.160      
2 C -0.084      
3 C -0.156      
4 C -0.156      
5 C -0.147      
6 C -0.147      
7 C -0.069      
8 H 0.127      
9 H 0.127      
10 H 0.116      
11 H 0.116      
12 H 0.113      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.855 1.855
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.996 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.170 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -47.236
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.793 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.446 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.347
Polar
3z2-r20.694
x2-y2-8.826
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.116 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.996 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.749


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