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All results from a given calculation for PCl3 (Phosphorus trichloride)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1719.303521
Energy at 298.15K-1719.304690
Nuclear repulsion energy342.189322
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/6-311G*
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 536 485 55.86      
2 A1 287 260 5.05      
3 E 531 480 182.11      
3 E 531 480 182.11      
4 E 210 190 0.76      
4 E 210 190 0.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1152.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1041.9 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.08601 0.08601 0.04823

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.728
Cl2 0.000 1.825 -0.214
Cl3 1.581 -0.913 -0.214
Cl4 -1.581 -0.913 -0.214
X5 0.000 0.000 1.728

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4 X5
P12.05422.05422.05421.0000
Cl22.05423.16153.16152.6655
Cl32.05423.16153.16152.6655
Cl42.05423.16153.16152.6655
X51.00002.66552.66552.6655

picture of Phosphorus trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 P1 Cl3 100.619 Cl2 P1 Cl4 100.619
Cl2 P1 X5 117.309 Cl3 P1 Cl4 100.619
Cl3 P1 X5 117.309 Cl4 P1 X5 117.309
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.693 0.319   0.271
2 Cl -0.231 -0.106   -0.090
3 Cl -0.231 -0.106   -0.091
4 Cl -0.231 -0.106   -0.090


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 1.157 1.157
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -0.007 0.012 1.229 1.229


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -53.616 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -53.616 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -51.821
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.897 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.897 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.794
Polar
3z2-r23.589
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.155 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.155 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.264


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 213.321
(<r2>)1/2 14.606