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All results from a given calculation for PCl3 (Phosphorus trichloride)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1722.161681
Energy at 298.15K-1722.162599
HF Energy-1722.161681
Nuclear repulsion energy337.559249
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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
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 496 479 30.47      
2 A1 246 238 0.92      
3 E 475 459 154.82      
3 E 475 459 154.82      
4 E 178 172 0.08      
4 E 178 172 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1023.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9667) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 989.2 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.08369 0.08369 0.04689

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.736
Cl2 0.000 1.851 -0.216
Cl3 1.603 -0.926 -0.216
Cl4 -1.603 -0.926 -0.216

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
P12.08162.08162.0816
Cl22.08163.20643.2064
Cl32.08163.20643.2064
Cl42.08163.20643.2064

picture of Phosphorus trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 P1 Cl3 100.738 Cl2 P1 Cl4 100.738
Cl3 P1 Cl4 100.738
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.480      
2 Cl -0.160      
3 Cl -0.160      
4 Cl -0.160      


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 0.752 0.752
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.800 -0.001 0.001
y -0.001 -50.800 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 -49.861
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.469 -0.001 0.001
y -0.001 -0.469 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 0.939
Polar
3z2-r21.878
x2-y20.000
xy-0.001
xz0.001
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.041 -0.005 0.001
y -0.005 10.041 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 6.666


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 216.816
(<r2>)1/2 14.725