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All results from a given calculation for C6H5Cl (chlorobenzene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.339547
Energy at 298.15K-691.344633
Nuclear repulsion energy313.418212
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 PBEPBE/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 3156 3111 1.03      
2 A1 3143 3098 17.57      
3 A1 3122 3077 0.12      
4 A1 1598 1576 24.31      
5 A1 1478 1457 42.66      
6 A1 1173 1156 0.04      
7 A1 1082 1066 43.29      
8 A1 1026 1012 13.21      
9 A1 983 969 10.50      
10 A1 694 684 25.98      
11 A1 407 401 4.46      
12 A2 922 909 0.00      
13 A2 808 797 0.00      
14 A2 402 397 0.00      
15 B1 951 937 0.19      
16 B1 873 860 2.44      
17 B1 725 715 54.73      
18 B1 676 666 11.84      
19 B1 463 456 5.93      
20 B1 183 180 0.06      
21 B2 3154 3109 8.49      
22 B2 3130 3086 10.56      
23 B2 1601 1578 2.68      
24 B2 1447 1427 4.44      
25 B2 1360 1340 0.14      
26 B2 1296 1277 0.11      
27 B2 1159 1142 0.11      
28 B2 1078 1062 4.41      
29 B2 606 597 0.26      
30 B2 291 286 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19492.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19213.7 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.18732 0.05169 0.04051

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 2.268
C2 0.000 0.000 0.510
C3 0.000 1.222 -0.177
C4 0.000 -1.222 -0.177
C5 0.000 1.213 -1.579
C6 0.000 -1.213 -1.579
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.283
H8 0.000 2.162 0.381
H9 0.000 -2.162 0.381
H10 0.000 2.164 -2.120
H11 0.000 -2.164 -2.120
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.377

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.75772.73262.73264.03294.03294.55032.86982.86984.89244.89245.6446
C21.75771.40151.40152.41512.41512.79262.16622.16623.40593.40593.8869
C32.73261.40152.44371.40202.80942.43481.09333.42982.15983.90413.4257
C42.73261.40152.44372.80941.40202.43483.42981.09333.90412.15983.4257
C54.03292.41511.40202.80942.42541.40232.17753.90261.09473.42012.1691
C64.03292.41512.80941.40202.42541.40233.90262.17753.42011.09472.1691
C74.55032.79262.43482.43481.40231.40233.43083.43082.17032.17031.0943
H82.86982.16621.09333.42982.17753.90263.43084.32472.50084.99734.3356
H92.86982.16623.42981.09333.90262.17753.43084.32474.99732.50084.3356
H104.89243.40592.15983.90411.09473.42012.17032.50084.99734.32852.5028
H114.89243.40593.90412.15983.42011.09472.17034.99732.50084.32852.5028
H125.64463.88693.42573.42572.16912.16911.09434.33564.33562.50282.5028

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 119.331 Cl1 C2 C4 119.331
C2 C3 C5 118.958 C2 C3 H8 120.012
C2 C4 C6 118.958 C2 C4 H9 120.012
C3 C2 C4 121.339 C3 C5 C7 120.511
C3 C5 H10 119.264 C4 C6 C7 120.511
C4 C6 H11 119.264 C5 C3 H8 121.030
C5 C7 C6 119.725 C5 C7 H12 120.138
C6 C4 H9 121.030 C6 C7 H12 120.138
C7 C5 H10 120.225 C7 C6 H11 120.225
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl -0.004      
2 C -0.091      
3 C -0.131      
4 C -0.131      
5 C -0.137      
6 C -0.137      
7 C -0.134      
8 H 0.161      
9 H 0.161      
10 H 0.149      
11 H 0.149      
12 H 0.145      


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 -1.813 1.813
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.238 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.497 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -45.155
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.912 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.712
Polar
3z2-r21.425
x2-y2-8.741
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.875 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.270 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.955


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 253.986
(<r2>)1/2 15.937