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All results from a given calculation for C6H5Cl (chlorobenzene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G

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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.238703
Energy at 298.15K-688.243848
Nuclear repulsion energy309.365610
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/3-21G
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 3159 3141 1.25      
2 A1 3140 3123 13.48      
3 A1 3117 3100 0.01      
4 A1 1543 1535 22.41      
5 A1 1485 1477 45.75      
6 A1 1200 1193 0.02      
7 A1 1061 1055 38.21      
8 A1 1030 1024 26.73      
9 A1 999 994 0.90      
10 A1 685 682 30.23      
11 A1 381 379 9.73      
12 A2 960 955 0.00      
13 A2 822 817 0.00      
14 A2 416 413 0.00      
15 B1 988 982 0.43      
16 B1 906 901 4.42      
17 B1 744 740 47.67      
18 B1 701 697 38.38      
19 B1 466 463 9.20      
20 B1 182 181 0.05      
21 B2 3156 3139 3.47      
22 B2 3126 3109 10.19      
23 B2 1561 1552 4.31      
24 B2 1460 1452 6.30      
25 B2 1345 1337 0.50      
26 B2 1281 1274 0.99      
27 B2 1199 1193 0.17      
28 B2 1074 1068 3.48      
29 B2 633 629 0.33      
30 B2 264 262 0.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19540.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19432.9 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 BLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.18586 0.04958 0.03914

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 2.331
C2 0.000 0.000 0.472
C3 0.000 1.227 -0.197
C4 0.000 -1.227 -0.197
C5 0.000 1.219 -1.606
C6 0.000 -1.219 -1.606
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.310
H8 0.000 2.160 0.364
H9 0.000 -2.160 0.364
H10 0.000 2.167 -2.146
H11 0.000 -2.167 -2.146
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.401

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.85912.81032.81034.12134.12134.64142.92122.92124.97414.97415.7318
C21.85911.39791.39792.40912.40912.78232.16282.16283.39853.39853.8727
C32.81031.39792.45481.40882.82332.44391.08873.43372.16383.91403.4308
C42.81031.39792.45482.82331.40882.44393.43371.08873.91402.16383.4308
C54.12132.40911.40882.82332.43851.40822.18343.91181.09073.42872.1699
C64.12132.40912.82331.40882.43851.40823.91182.18343.42871.09072.1699
C74.64142.78232.44392.44391.40821.40823.43823.43822.17282.17281.0903
H82.92122.16281.08873.43372.18343.91183.43824.32022.51085.00254.3408
H92.92122.16283.43371.08873.91182.18343.43824.32025.00252.51084.3408
H104.97413.39852.16383.91401.09073.42872.17282.51085.00254.33322.5035
H114.97413.39853.91402.16383.42871.09072.17285.00252.51084.33322.5035
H125.73183.87273.43083.43082.16992.16991.09034.34084.34082.50352.5035

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 118.591 Cl1 C2 C4 118.591
C2 C3 C5 118.260 C2 C3 H8 120.360
C2 C4 C6 118.260 C2 C4 H9 120.360
C3 C2 C4 122.817 C3 C5 C7 120.354
C3 C5 H10 119.378 C4 C6 C7 120.354
C4 C6 H11 119.378 C5 C3 H8 121.380
C5 C7 C6 119.954 C5 C7 H12 120.023
C6 C4 H9 121.380 C6 C7 H12 120.023
C7 C5 H10 120.267 C7 C6 H11 120.267
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.060      
2 C -0.223      
3 C -0.141      
4 C -0.141      
5 C -0.154      
6 C -0.154      
7 C -0.163      
8 H 0.195      
9 H 0.195      
10 H 0.178      
11 H 0.178      
12 H 0.173      


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 -2.395 2.395
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.668 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.521 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -46.694
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.561 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.660 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.099
Polar
3z2-r2-0.199
x2-y2-10.147
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.692 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.482 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.534


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 261.952
(<r2>)1/2 16.185