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

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.767788
Energy at 298.15K-1391.768871
HF Energy-1391.250316
Nuclear repulsion energy284.834008
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 CID/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 A' 1329 1228 243.24      
2 A' 522 482 105.82      
3 A' 369 341 14.23      
4 A' 208 192 0.45      
5 A" 487 450 208.01      
6 A" 294 271 4.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1604.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1482.4 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.17024 0.09297 0.06498

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.708 0.000
O2 -1.104 1.374 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.656 1.563
Cl4 0.177 -0.656 -1.563

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44362.07482.0748
O21.44362.86472.8647
Cl32.07482.86473.1261
Cl42.07482.86473.1261

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 107.661 O2 S1 Cl4 107.661
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.764
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability