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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.762211
Energy at 298.15K-1393.763139
Nuclear repulsion energy280.402154
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
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' 1263 1202 195.69      
2 A' 485 461 79.49      
3 A' 338 322 11.21      
4 A' 181 172 0.23      
5 A" 443 422 200.00      
6 A" 275 262 5.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1492.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1420.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.16699 0.08909 0.06262

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.712 0.000
O2 -1.108 1.395 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.663 1.599
Cl4 0.177 -0.663 -1.599

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.45512.10912.1091
O21.45512.90592.9059
Cl32.10912.90593.1973
Cl42.10912.90593.1973

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 107.824 O2 S1 Cl4 107.824
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.569
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.486      
2 O -0.370      
3 Cl -0.058      
4 Cl -0.058      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.640 0.445 0.000 1.699
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.994 2.661 0.000
y 2.661 -43.714 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.925
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.174 2.661 0.000
y 2.661 0.746 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.429
Polar
3z2-r20.858
x2-y2-1.280
xy2.661
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.102 -1.160 0.000
y -1.160 7.541 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.621


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.548
(<r2>)1/2 12.828