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

using model chemistry: LSDA/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1383.672661
Energy at 298.15K-1383.673448
Nuclear repulsion energy278.441114
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/3-21G*
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' 1226 1204 89.45      
2 A' 460 452 64.47      
3 A' 309 303 9.65      
4 A' 171 168 0.51      
5 A" 405 398 178.03      
6 A" 251 247 8.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1411.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.982) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1385.8 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 LSDA/3-21G*
ABC
0.16055 0.08958 0.06180

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.176 0.720 0.000
O2 -1.099 1.450 0.000
Cl3 0.176 -0.680 1.595
Cl4 0.176 -0.680 -1.595

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.46982.12222.1222
O21.46982.95122.9512
Cl32.12222.95123.1906
Cl42.12222.95123.1906

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 109.141 O2 S1 Cl4 109.141
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.480
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.619      
2 O -0.284      
3 Cl -0.168      
4 Cl -0.168      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.135 0.980 0.000 1.500
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.945 1.913 0.000
y 1.913 -43.110 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.632
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.074 1.913 0.000
y 1.913 1.178 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.105
Polar
3z2-r2-2.210
x2-y2-0.835
xy1.913
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.563 -1.037 0.000
y -1.037 6.367 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.546


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