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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1390.064077
Energy at 298.15K-1390.064928
Nuclear repulsion energy278.893372
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 LSDA/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' 1238 1215 122.54      
2 A' 476 467 65.59      
3 A' 320 314 8.71      
4 A' 167 164 0.45      
5 A" 436 427 188.44      
6 A" 263 258 3.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1449.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1422.4 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
0.16550 0.08801 0.06184

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.710 0.000
O2 -1.109 1.411 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.666 1.609
Cl4 0.177 -0.666 -1.609

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.46482.11762.1176
O21.46482.92552.9255
Cl32.11762.92553.2188
Cl42.11762.92553.2188

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 108.111 O2 S1 Cl4 108.111
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.927
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.611      
2 O -0.345      
3 Cl -0.133      
4 Cl -0.133      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.291 0.687 0.000 1.462
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.004 2.059 0.000
y 2.059 -43.096 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.021
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.446 2.059 0.000
y 2.059 0.917 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.472
Polar
3z2-r2-0.943
x2-y2-0.909
xy2.059
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.992 -1.077 0.000
y -1.077 6.751 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.068


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000