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All results from a given calculation for C6H5Cl (chlorobenzene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.725825
Energy at 298.15K-691.730919
Nuclear repulsion energy311.983069
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/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 3141 3117 0.65      
2 A1 3127 3103 22.08      
3 A1 3105 3081 0.15      
4 A1 1574 1561 22.97      
5 A1 1471 1460 37.97      
6 A1 1171 1162 0.00      
7 A1 1061 1052 40.77      
8 A1 1013 1005 19.73      
9 A1 984 976 8.21      
10 A1 684 679 28.25      
11 A1 397 394 6.28      
12 A2 928 921 0.00      
13 A2 811 805 0.00      
14 A2 405 402 0.00      
15 B1 956 949 0.17      
16 B1 878 871 2.14      
17 B1 729 723 46.11      
18 B1 675 670 7.60      
19 B1 463 460 4.29      
20 B1 183 181 0.01      
21 B2 3139 3115 10.51      
22 B2 3113 3089 13.64      
23 B2 1577 1565 2.60      
24 B2 1441 1430 3.45      
25 B2 1322 1311 0.30      
26 B2 1297 1287 0.04      
27 B2 1159 1150 0.13      
28 B2 1070 1062 3.16      
29 B2 610 605 0.23      
30 B2 288 286 0.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19384.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19235.2 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.18643 0.05101 0.04005

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 2.286
C2 0.000 0.000 0.504
C3 0.000 1.226 -0.182
C4 0.000 -1.226 -0.182
C5 0.000 1.216 -1.588
C6 0.000 -1.216 -1.588
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.294
H8 0.000 2.164 0.375
H9 0.000 -2.164 0.375
H10 0.000 2.166 -2.128
H11 0.000 -2.166 -2.128
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.386

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.78192.75542.75544.06014.06014.57962.88732.88734.91674.91675.6720
C21.78191.40441.40442.41952.41952.79772.16792.16793.40863.40863.8900
C32.75541.40442.45111.40592.81732.44161.09103.43492.16133.91013.4304
C42.75541.40442.45112.81731.40592.44163.43491.09103.91012.16133.4304
C54.06012.41951.40592.81732.43191.40602.17933.90831.09293.42482.1707
C64.06012.41952.81731.40592.43191.40603.90832.17933.42481.09292.1707
C74.57962.79772.44162.44161.40601.40603.43543.43542.17232.17231.0924
H82.88732.16791.09103.43492.17933.90833.43544.32802.50245.00114.3387
H92.88732.16793.43491.09103.90832.17933.43544.32805.00112.50244.3387
H104.91673.40862.16133.91011.09293.42482.17232.50245.00114.33202.5049
H114.91673.40863.91012.16133.42481.09292.17235.00112.50244.33202.5049
H125.67203.89003.43043.43042.17072.17071.09244.33874.33872.50492.5049

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 119.237 Cl1 C2 C4 119.237
C2 C3 C5 118.846 C2 C3 H8 120.096
C2 C4 C6 118.846 C2 C4 H9 120.096
C3 C2 C4 121.526 C3 C5 C7 120.527
C3 C5 H10 119.227 C4 C6 C7 120.527
C4 C6 H11 119.227 C5 C3 H8 121.058
C5 C7 C6 119.729 C5 C7 H12 120.135
C6 C4 H9 121.058 C6 C7 H12 120.135
C7 C5 H10 120.246 C7 C6 H11 120.246
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl -0.038      
2 C -0.069      
3 C -0.048      
4 C -0.048      
5 C -0.057      
6 C -0.057      
7 C -0.055      
8 H 0.083      
9 H 0.083      
10 H 0.070      
11 H 0.070      
12 H 0.066      


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 -1.880 1.880
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.011 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -42.097 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -45.942
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.992 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.880 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.112
Polar
3z2-r20.224
x2-y2-7.914
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.897 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.404 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.143


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 256.632
(<r2>)1/2 16.020