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All results from a given calculation for C6H5Cl (chlorobenzene)

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-690.342740
Energy at 298.15K-690.348202
HF Energy-689.603237
Nuclear repulsion energy317.065843
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 CID/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 3348 3092 2.45      
2 A1 3335 3081 14.87      
3 A1 3313 3060 0.03      
4 A1 1755 1621 22.48      
5 A1 1611 1488 48.09      
6 A1 1271 1174 0.01      
7 A1 1188 1097 36.86      
8 A1 1105 1021 11.22      
9 A1 1061 980 8.37      
10 A1 753 695 21.67      
11 A1 441 408 2.83      
12 A2 1010 933 0.00      
13 A2 897 828 0.00      
14 A2 433 400 0.00      
15 B1 1007 930 0.04      
16 B1 953 881 2.33      
17 B1 791 731 82.09      
18 B1 668 617 2.66      
19 B1 499 461 6.43      
20 B1 201 186 0.07      
21 B2 3344 3089 8.56      
22 B2 3323 3069 8.70      
23 B2 1750 1616 2.79      
24 B2 1569 1450 8.65      
25 B2 1415 1307 0.27      
26 B2 1338 1236 0.20      
27 B2 1234 1140 0.00      
28 B2 1163 1075 3.14      
29 B2 656 606 0.22      
30 B2 314 290 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20872.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19279.7 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.19197 0.05283 0.04143

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 2.243
C2 0.000 0.000 0.505
C3 0.000 1.206 -0.175
C4 0.000 -1.206 -0.175
C5 0.000 1.199 -1.561
C6 0.000 -1.199 -1.561
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.257
H8 0.000 2.134 0.374
H9 0.000 -2.134 0.374
H10 0.000 2.137 -2.096
H11 0.000 -2.137 -2.096
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.337

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.73862.70252.70253.98913.98914.50062.83742.83744.83704.83705.5800
C21.73861.38451.38452.38882.38882.76202.13842.13843.36613.36613.8414
C32.70251.38452.41241.38632.77612.40641.07843.38542.13463.85583.3839
C42.70251.38452.41242.77611.38632.40643.38541.07843.85582.13463.3839
C53.98912.38881.38632.77612.39821.38642.14933.85451.07963.37872.1424
C63.98912.38882.77611.38632.39821.38643.85452.14933.37871.07962.1424
C74.50062.76202.40642.40641.38641.38643.38803.38802.14312.14311.0794
H82.83742.13841.07843.38542.14933.85453.38804.26882.46994.93414.2806
H92.83742.13843.38541.07843.85452.14933.38804.26884.93412.46994.2806
H104.83703.36612.13463.85581.07963.37872.14312.46994.93414.27402.4710
H114.83703.36613.85582.13463.37871.07962.14314.93412.46994.27402.4710
H125.58003.84143.38393.38392.14242.14241.07944.28064.28062.47102.4710

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 119.404 Cl1 C2 C4 119.404
C2 C3 C5 119.111 C2 C3 H8 119.997
C2 C4 C6 119.111 C2 C4 H9 119.997
C3 C2 C4 121.191 C3 C5 C7 120.426
C3 C5 H10 119.394 C4 C6 C7 120.426
C4 C6 H11 119.394 C5 C3 H8 120.892
C5 C7 C6 119.735 C5 C7 H12 120.133
C6 C4 H9 120.892 C6 C7 H12 120.133
C7 C5 H10 120.180 C7 C6 H11 120.180
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability