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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-691.347071
Energy at 298.15K-691.352179
Nuclear repulsion energy313.468469
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 3112 1.09      
2 A1 3144 3101 14.59      
3 A1 3122 3080 0.12      
4 A1 1595 1573 24.84      
5 A1 1471 1450 43.21      
6 A1 1167 1151 0.09      
7 A1 1080 1065 43.84      
8 A1 1024 1010 12.16      
9 A1 981 968 10.53      
10 A1 693 683 25.82      
11 A1 407 401 4.48      
12 A2 927 914 0.00      
13 A2 808 797 0.00      
14 A2 402 397 0.00      
15 B1 954 941 0.15      
16 B1 875 863 2.36      
17 B1 725 716 51.68      
18 B1 676 667 11.92      
19 B1 463 457 5.92      
20 B1 183 180 0.05      
21 B2 3153 3110 6.64      
22 B2 3131 3088 9.22      
23 B2 1598 1576 2.66      
24 B2 1441 1421 4.45      
25 B2 1358 1340 0.11      
26 B2 1288 1270 0.09      
27 B2 1152 1137 0.10      
28 B2 1074 1059 4.52      
29 B2 605 596 0.26      
30 B2 291 287 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19470.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19203.8 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.18738 0.05170 0.04052

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 -1.578
C6 0.000 -1.213 -1.578
C7 0.000 0.000 -2.282
H8 0.000 2.161 0.381
H9 0.000 -2.161 0.381
H10 0.000 2.163 -2.119
H11 0.000 -2.163 -2.119
H12 0.000 0.000 -3.376

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
Cl11.75772.73252.73254.03254.03254.54982.86912.86914.89134.89135.6433
C21.75771.40141.40142.41472.41472.79222.16532.16533.40483.40483.8856
C32.73251.40142.44361.40182.80912.43451.09253.42882.15893.90303.4246
C42.73251.40142.44362.80911.40182.43453.42881.09253.90302.15893.4246
C54.03252.41471.40182.80912.42511.40212.17683.90151.09393.41892.1682
C64.03252.41472.80911.40182.42511.40213.90152.17683.41891.09392.1682
C74.54982.79222.43452.43451.40211.40213.42983.42982.16942.16941.0935
H82.86912.16531.09253.42882.17683.90153.42984.32292.50024.99544.3340
H92.86912.16533.42881.09253.90152.17683.42984.32294.99542.50024.3340
H104.89133.40482.15893.90301.09393.41892.16942.50024.99544.32662.5017
H114.89133.40483.90302.15893.41891.09392.16944.99542.50024.32662.5017
H125.64333.88563.42463.42462.16822.16821.09354.33404.33402.50172.5017

picture of chlorobenzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 C2 C3 119.328 Cl1 C2 C4 119.328
C2 C3 C5 118.951 C2 C3 H8 119.999
C2 C4 C6 118.951 C2 C4 H9 119.999
C3 C2 C4 121.343 C3 C5 C7 120.514
C3 C5 H10 119.264 C4 C6 C7 120.514
C4 C6 H11 119.264 C5 C3 H8 121.050
C5 C7 C6 119.727 C5 C7 H12 120.136
C6 C4 H9 121.050 C6 C7 H12 120.136
C7 C5 H10 120.222 C7 C6 H11 120.222
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 -0.003      
2 C -0.120      
3 C -0.075      
4 C -0.075      
5 C -0.097      
6 C -0.097      
7 C -0.094      
8 H 0.120      
9 H 0.120      
10 H 0.108      
11 H 0.108      
12 H 0.104      


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 -1.799 1.799
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.177 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.563 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -45.223
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.784 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.137 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.647
Polar
3z2-r21.293
x2-y2-8.614
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.928 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.345 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.019


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 253.935
(<r2>)1/2 15.935