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All results from a given calculation for C6H5Cl (chlorobenzene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.653707
Energy at 298.15K-691.658837
Nuclear repulsion energy308.821910
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/6-31G
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 3162 3138 1.47      
2 A1 3143 3120 25.64      
3 A1 3118 3095 0.00      
4 A1 1569 1557 24.80      
5 A1 1486 1475 41.43      
6 A1 1196 1187 0.03      
7 A1 1063 1055 29.13      
8 A1 1019 1011 36.25      
9 A1 1000 993 3.52      
10 A1 681 676 32.16      
11 A1 382 379 9.57      
12 A2 953 946 0.00      
13 A2 829 822 0.00      
14 A2 413 410 0.00      
15 B1 983 976 0.36      
16 B1 904 897 3.34      
17 B1 745 739 59.58      
18 B1 689 684 15.59      
19 B1 468 465 6.40      
20 B1 180 179 0.01      
21 B2 3159 3135 11.45      
22 B2 3128 3105 16.34      
23 B2 1584 1572 3.48      
24 B2 1458 1447 4.61      
25 B2 1333 1323 0.57      
26 B2 1326 1316 0.40      
27 B2 1191 1182 0.19      
28 B2 1081 1073 3.42      
29 B2 624 619 0.27      
30 B2 275 272 0.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19571.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19422.3 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/6-31G
ABC
0.18514 0.04942 0.03901

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 2.334
C2 0.000 0.000 0.479
C3 0.000 1.230 -0.197
C4 0.000 -1.230 -0.197
C5 0.000 1.221 -1.609
C6 0.000 -1.221 -1.609
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.315
H8 0.000 2.167 0.360
H9 0.000 -2.167 0.360
H10 0.000 2.170 -2.149
H11 0.000 -2.170 -2.149
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.408

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.85492.81402.81404.12724.12724.64922.93142.93144.98064.98065.7414
C21.85491.40361.40362.41842.41842.79442.17072.17073.40843.40843.8865
C32.81401.40362.46021.41172.82842.44961.09043.44292.16673.92103.4381
C42.81401.40362.46022.82841.41172.44963.44291.09043.92102.16673.4381
C54.12722.41841.41172.82842.44171.41062.18453.91881.09253.43402.1740
C64.12722.41842.82841.41172.44171.41063.91882.18453.43401.09252.1740
C74.64922.79442.44962.44961.41061.41063.44333.44332.17682.17681.0922
H82.93142.17071.09043.44292.18453.91883.44334.33492.50925.01134.3466
H92.93142.17073.44291.09043.91882.18453.44334.33495.01132.50924.3466
H104.98063.40842.16673.92101.09253.43402.17682.50925.01134.34082.5089
H114.98063.40843.92102.16673.43401.09252.17685.01132.50924.34082.5089
H125.74143.88653.43813.43812.17402.17401.09224.34664.34662.50892.5089

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 118.791 Cl1 C2 C4 118.791
C2 C3 C5 118.415 C2 C3 H8 120.482
C2 C4 C6 118.415 C2 C4 H9 120.482
C3 C2 C4 122.419 C3 C5 C7 120.441
C3 C5 H10 119.267 C4 C6 C7 120.441
C4 C6 H11 119.267 C5 C3 H8 121.103
C5 C7 C6 119.870 C5 C7 H12 120.065
C6 C4 H9 121.103 C6 C7 H12 120.065
C7 C5 H10 120.292 C7 C6 H11 120.292
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.036      
2 C -0.195      
3 C -0.073      
4 C -0.073      
5 C -0.095      
6 C -0.095      
7 C -0.087      
8 H 0.129      
9 H 0.129      
10 H 0.110      
11 H 0.110      
12 H 0.106      


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 -2.392 2.392
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.500 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.900 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -47.149
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.975 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.925 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.949
Polar
3z2-r2-1.899
x2-y2-8.600
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.265 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.033 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.092


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