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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.610940
Energy at 298.15K-1393.611451
Nuclear repulsion energy257.351229
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
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' 1009 955 93.08      
2 A' 395 374 42.62      
3 A' 260 246 9.38      
4 A' 131 124 0.80      
5 A" 383 363 113.40      
6 A" 220 208 0.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1199.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9466) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1135.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.14300 0.07418 0.05283

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.196 0.777 0.000
O2 -1.227 1.479 0.000
Cl3 0.196 -0.714 1.750
Cl4 0.196 -0.714 -1.750

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.58692.29892.2989
O21.58693.14573.1457
Cl32.29893.14573.5004
Cl42.29893.14573.5004

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 106.666 O2 S1 Cl4 106.666
Cl3 S1 Cl4 99.158
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.760      
2 O -0.469      
3 Cl -0.146      
4 Cl -0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.826 1.269 0.000 2.224
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.696 3.160 0.000
y 3.160 -44.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -46.696
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.140 3.160 0.000
y 3.160 1.781 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.640
Polar
3z2-r2-3.281
x2-y2-1.281
xy3.160
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.754 -1.778 0.000
y -1.778 7.368 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 11.096


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 191.068
(<r2>)1/2 13.823