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All results from a given calculation for SOCl2 (thionyl chloride)

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1376.040810
Energy at 298.15K-1376.041639
Nuclear repulsion energy273.135738
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 HF/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 930 759 85.42      
2 A' 562 459 79.66      
3 A' 338 276 21.20      
4 A' 195 159 3.04      
5 A" 555 453 122.33      
6 A" 264 215 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1421.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1160.7 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 HF/STO-3G
ABC
0.15354 0.08752 0.06108

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.197 0.752 0.000
O2 -1.233 1.391 0.000
Cl3 0.197 -0.681 1.602
Cl4 0.197 -0.681 -1.602

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.56592.14982.1498
O21.56592.98432.9843
Cl32.14982.98433.2033
Cl42.14982.98433.2033

picture of thionyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 S1 Cl3 105.789 O2 S1 Cl4 105.789
Cl3 S1 Cl4 96.324
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.778      
2 O -0.327      
3 Cl -0.226      
4 Cl -0.226      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.508 1.901 0.000 2.427
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.186 2.837 0.000
y 2.837 -40.035 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.184
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.424 2.837 0.000
y 2.837 2.150 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.574
Polar
3z2-r2-5.148
x2-y2-1.151
xy2.837
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.601 -1.374 0.000
y -1.374 4.062 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.587


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 167.554
(<r2>)1/2 12.944