First-principles calculations based on density functional theory have been done on the chlorinated phenyl benzamides; 4-chloro-phenyl-benzamide - C13H10ClNO, and 2-chloro-3-chloro-phenyl-benzamide - C13H9Cl2NO. The triclinic structure of 4-chloro-phenyl-benzamide and orthorhombic structure of 2-chloro-3-chloro-phenyl-benzamide have been simulated and the structural parameters have been found out. Electron density of states has been computed in the materials using the electronic structure calculation code of Quantum-Espresso which gives a band gap of 0.74eV in case of 4-chloro-phenyl-benzamide. This value is close to the value exhibited by semiconducting materials and photonic band gap materials. Band gap in case of 2-chloro-3-chloro-phenyl-benzamide comes out to be 3.08eV. This value is in the range exhibited by NLO materials. Dielectric constant of the materials has been computed. The value of dielectric constant in 4-chloro-phenyl-benzamide comes out to be 2.78, 3.14, and 3.92 along X, Y, and Z axes, respectively, and the average value comes out to be 3.28. The value of dielectric constant in case of 2-chloro-3-chloro-phenyl-benzamide comes out to be 1.39, 1.53, and 1.34 along X, Y, and Z axes, respectively, and the average value comes out to be 1.42. Thus, additional chlorination is increasing the band gap and decreasing the dielectric constant in phenyl benzamide.