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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1378.149697
Energy at 298.15K-1378.150121
Nuclear repulsion energy256.041425
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/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' 1087 1006 20.57      
2 A' 427 395 22.74      
3 A' 273 253 8.90      
4 A' 121 112 2.08      
5 A" 414 383 77.07      
6 A" 237 219 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1279.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1183.4 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.14552 0.07198 0.05226

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.200 0.778 0.000
O2 -1.252 1.432 0.000
Cl3 0.200 -0.703 1.775
Cl4 0.200 -0.703 -1.775

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.59332.31172.3117
O21.59333.13383.1338
Cl32.31173.13383.5509
Cl42.31173.13383.5509

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 105.254 O2 S1 Cl4 105.254
Cl3 S1 Cl4 100.355
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.638      
2 O -0.152      
3 Cl -0.243      
4 Cl -0.243      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.330 2.951 0.000 2.969
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.389 1.385 0.000
y 1.385 -38.120 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.386
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.864 1.385 0.000
y 1.385 3.768 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.632
Polar
3z2-r2-11.264
x2-y2-1.269
xy1.385
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.756 -1.302 0.000
y -1.302 3.957 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.150


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 189.984
(<r2>)1/2 13.783