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All results from a given calculation for SO3 (Sulfur trioxide)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3H 1A1'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-623.890017
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-623.890017
Nuclear repulsion energy184.481145
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
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' 1111 1111 0.00 30.06 0.07 0.14
2 A2" 509 509 35.92 0.00 0.75 0.86
3 E' 1448 1448 200.24 5.61 0.75 0.86
3 E' 1448 1448 200.23 5.61 0.75 0.86
4 E' 536 536 28.31 3.35 0.75 0.86
4 E' 536 536 28.31 3.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2794.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2794.1 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
0.34872 0.34872 0.17436

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ

Point Group is D3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.000
O2 0.000 1.419 0.000
O3 1.229 -0.710 0.000
O4 -1.229 -0.710 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4
S11.41951.41951.4195
O21.41952.45862.4586
O31.41952.45862.4586
O41.41952.45862.4586

picture of Sulfur trioxide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 S1 O3 120.000 O2 S1 O4 120.000
O3 S1 O4 120.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.975      
2 O -0.325      
3 O -0.325      
4 O -0.325      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.766 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.766 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.690
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.038 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.038 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.076
Polar
3z2-r212.152
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 4.156 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.156 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.335


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.308
(<r2>)1/2 8.143