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All results from a given calculation for C6H5Cl (chlorobenzene)

using model chemistry: HF/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 HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-689.603345
Energy at 298.15K-689.609023
HF Energy-689.603345
Nuclear repulsion energy317.103745
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 HF/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 3403 3057 1.66      
2 A1 3388 3044 25.28      
3 A1 3363 3022 0.00      
4 A1 1791 1609 23.50      
5 A1 1655 1487 48.93      
6 A1 1298 1166 0.00      
7 A1 1203 1081 46.02      
8 A1 1123 1009 16.06      
9 A1 1090 980 4.13      
10 A1 765 688 26.47      
11 A1 449 403 4.06      
12 A2 1101 989 0.00      
13 A2 949 853 0.00      
14 A2 457 411 0.00      
15 B1 1126 1012 0.17      
16 B1 1036 931 3.82      
17 B1 842 756 66.26      
18 B1 763 685 17.92      
19 B1 528 474 7.10      
20 B1 210 189 0.05      
21 B2 3400 3055 14.14      
22 B2 3374 3032 13.52      
23 B2 1786 1605 2.95      
24 B2 1612 1448 9.04      
25 B2 1464 1316 0.42      
26 B2 1330 1195 0.40      
27 B2 1210 1087 0.80      
28 B2 1179 1059 1.38      
29 B2 675 606 0.21      
30 B2 321 289 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21445.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19268.9 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.19237 0.05275 0.04140

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 2.246
C2 0.000 0.000 0.501
C3 0.000 1.205 -0.177
C4 0.000 -1.205 -0.177
C5 0.000 1.198 -1.562
C6 0.000 -1.198 -1.562
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.257
H8 0.000 2.130 0.369
H9 0.000 -2.130 0.369
H10 0.000 2.132 -2.095
H11 0.000 -2.132 -2.095
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.332

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.74502.70642.70643.99283.99284.50392.83902.83904.83684.83685.5789
C21.74501.38301.38302.38642.38642.75892.13382.13383.35973.35973.8338
C32.70641.38302.41061.38552.77432.40461.07363.37932.13043.84953.3780
C42.70641.38302.41062.77431.38552.40463.37931.07363.84952.13043.3780
C53.99282.38641.38552.77432.39661.38542.14433.84781.07513.37282.1376
C63.99282.38642.77431.38552.39661.38543.84782.14433.37281.07512.1376
C74.50392.75892.40462.40461.38541.38543.38153.38152.13842.13841.0750
H82.83902.13381.07363.37932.14433.84783.38154.25942.46414.92304.2705
H92.83902.13383.37931.07363.84782.14433.38154.25944.92302.46414.2705
H104.83683.35972.13043.84951.07513.37282.13842.46414.92304.26442.4653
H114.83683.35973.84952.13043.37281.07512.13844.92302.46414.26442.4653
H125.57893.83383.37803.37802.13762.13761.07504.27054.27052.46532.4653

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 119.364 Cl1 C2 C4 119.364
C2 C3 C5 119.076 C2 C3 H8 120.071
C2 C4 C6 119.076 C2 C4 H9 120.071
C3 C2 C4 121.271 C3 C5 C7 120.408
C3 C5 H10 119.412 C4 C6 C7 120.408
C4 C6 H11 119.412 C5 C3 H8 120.853
C5 C7 C6 119.761 C5 C7 H12 120.120
C6 C4 H9 120.853 C6 C7 H12 120.120
C7 C5 H10 120.179 C7 C6 H11 120.179
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl -0.008      
2 C -0.133      
3 C -0.181      
4 C -0.181      
5 C -0.194      
6 C -0.194      
7 C -0.200      
8 H 0.229      
9 H 0.229      
10 H 0.212      
11 H 0.212      
12 H 0.209      


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 -2.147 2.147
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.449 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.776 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -46.166
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.478 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.031 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.447
Polar
3z2-r20.894
x2-y2-9.672
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.766 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.522 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 13.537


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 249.542
(<r2>)1/2 15.797