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

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.770873
Energy at 298.15K-1391.771949
HF Energy-1391.250182
Nuclear repulsion energy284.599478
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 CISD/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' 1318 1221 232.08      
2 A' 521 482 104.75      
3 A' 368 340 14.07      
4 A' 207 192 0.43      
5 A" 486 450 208.20      
6 A" 293 271 3.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1596.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9258) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1477.8 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 CISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.17001 0.09280 0.06487

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.708 0.000
O2 -1.105 1.375 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.657 1.564
Cl4 0.177 -0.657 -1.564

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44552.07602.0760
O21.44552.86722.8672
Cl32.07602.86723.1290
Cl42.07602.86723.1290

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 107.662 O2 S1 Cl4 107.662
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.803
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability