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All results from a given calculation for AsCl3 (Arsenous trichloride)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3615.668917
Energy at 298.15K-3615.667283
HF Energy-3615.668917
Nuclear repulsion energy537.356543
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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
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 392 388 20.18      
2 A1 180 178 2.44      
3 E 364 361 105.18      
3 E 364 361 105.19      
4 E 142 141 0.60      
4 E 142 141 0.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 791.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 784.6 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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
ABC
0.06797 0.06797 0.04195

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
As1 0.000 0.000 0.630
Cl2 0.000 1.957 -0.408
Cl3 1.695 -0.979 -0.408
Cl4 -1.695 -0.979 -0.408

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  As1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
As12.21532.21532.2153
Cl22.21533.39013.3901
Cl32.21533.39013.3901
Cl42.21533.39013.3901

picture of Arsenous trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 As1 Cl3 99.841 Cl2 As1 Cl4 99.841
Cl3 As1 Cl4 99.841
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 As 0.467      
2 Cl -0.156      
3 Cl -0.156      
4 Cl -0.156      


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 1.860 1.860
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -58.175 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -58.175 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.758
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.709 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.709 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.418
Polar
3z2-r26.836
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 10.562 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.561 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 6.571


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 252.573
(<r2>)1/2 15.893