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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1721.228004
Energy at 298.15K-1721.228848
HF Energy-1721.228004
Nuclear repulsion energy334.658536
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 A1 484 476 35.12      
2 A1 240 236 1.88      
3 E 470 462 161.84      
3 E 470 462 161.85      
4 E 171 168 0.25      
4 E 171 168 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1002.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 985.8 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.08220 0.08220 0.04579

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.724
Cl2 0.000 1.873 -0.213
Cl3 1.622 -0.937 -0.213
Cl4 -1.622 -0.937 -0.213

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
P12.09472.09472.0947
Cl22.09473.24463.2446
Cl32.09473.24463.2446
Cl42.09473.24463.2446

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 101.512 Cl2 P1 Cl4 101.512
Cl3 P1 Cl4 101.512
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.390      
2 Cl -0.130      
3 Cl -0.130      
4 Cl -0.130      


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 0.842 0.842
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.425 0.000 0.001
y 0.000 -51.425 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 -50.228
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.598 0.000 0.001
y 0.000 -0.598 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 1.197
Polar
3z2-r22.394
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.001
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.248 -0.006 0.001
y -0.006 9.248 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 5.466


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 221.022
(<r2>)1/2 14.867