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All results from a given calculation for C6H5Cl (chlorobenzene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.703711
Energy at 298.15K-691.708975
Nuclear repulsion energy315.300728
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3236 3096 1.19      
2 A1 3223 3084 17.40      
3 A1 3201 3063 0.10      
4 A1 1655 1584 23.59      
5 A1 1527 1461 45.00      
6 A1 1208 1156 0.03      
7 A1 1118 1070 41.89      
8 A1 1056 1010 13.19      
9 A1 1013 969 9.64      
10 A1 715 684 25.48      
11 A1 419 401 4.04      
12 A2 969 927 0.00      
13 A2 843 807 0.00      
14 A2 416 398 0.00      
15 B1 996 953 0.18      
16 B1 914 875 2.88      
17 B1 754 722 59.51      
18 B1 699 669 14.50      
19 B1 479 459 6.54      
20 B1 190 182 0.07      
21 B2 3234 3094 8.32      
22 B2 3210 3071 10.44      
23 B2 1656 1584 2.79      
24 B2 1493 1429 5.67      
25 B2 1373 1313 0.26      
26 B2 1337 1279 0.06      
27 B2 1192 1141 0.07      
28 B2 1109 1061 4.35      
29 B2 624 597 0.26      
30 B2 299 286 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20079.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19209.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.18969 0.05228 0.04098

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 2.255
C2 0.000 0.000 0.507
C3 0.000 1.214 -0.176
C4 0.000 -1.214 -0.176
C5 0.000 1.205 -1.570
C6 0.000 -1.205 -1.570
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.269
H8 0.000 2.148 0.378
H9 0.000 -2.148 0.378
H10 0.000 2.150 -2.107
H11 0.000 -2.150 -2.107
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.356

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.74822.71722.71724.01014.01014.52442.85262.85264.86334.86335.6109
C21.74821.39281.39282.40092.40092.77622.15162.15163.38463.38463.8627
C32.71721.39282.42811.39372.79222.42011.08543.40702.14623.87913.4039
C42.71721.39282.42812.79221.39372.42013.40701.08543.87912.14623.4039
C54.01012.40091.39372.79222.41101.39392.16313.87761.08683.39832.1550
C64.01012.40092.79221.39372.41101.39393.87762.16313.39831.08682.1550
C74.52442.77622.42012.42011.39391.39393.40873.40872.15622.15621.0864
H82.85262.15161.08543.40702.16313.87763.40874.29542.48484.96444.3071
H92.85262.15163.40701.08543.87762.16313.40874.29544.96442.48484.3071
H104.86333.38462.14623.87911.08683.39832.15622.48484.96444.30012.4863
H114.86333.38463.87912.14623.39831.08682.15624.96442.48484.30012.4863
H125.61093.86273.40393.40392.15502.15501.08644.30714.30712.48632.4863

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 119.350 Cl1 C2 C4 119.350
C2 C3 C5 118.997 C2 C3 H8 119.991
C2 C4 C6 118.997 C2 C4 H9 119.991
C3 C2 C4 121.301 C3 C5 C7 120.490
C3 C5 H10 119.296 C4 C6 C7 120.490
C4 C6 H11 119.296 C5 C3 H8 121.011
C5 C7 C6 119.725 C5 C7 H12 120.138
C6 C4 H9 121.011 C6 C7 H12 120.138
C7 C5 H10 120.214 C7 C6 H11 120.214
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl -0.004     -0.102
2 C -0.101     -0.040
3 C -0.153     -0.018
4 C -0.153     -0.018
5 C -0.161     -0.191
6 C -0.161     -0.191
7 C -0.159     -0.072
8 H 0.188     0.111
9 H 0.188     0.111
10 H 0.174     0.143
11 H 0.174     0.143
12 H 0.170     0.121


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 -1.896 1.896
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.000 0.000 -1.963 1.963


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.269 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.156 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.988
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.197 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.472 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.725
Polar
3z2-r21.449
x2-y2-9.113
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.839 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.987 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.433


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 251.248
(<r2>)1/2 15.851