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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.901920
Energy at 298.15K-1391.902881
HF Energy-1391.256468
Nuclear repulsion energy281.870062
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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
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' 1305 1215 277.63      
2 A' 488 454 87.36      
3 A' 345 322 13.62      
4 A' 190 177 0.24      
5 A" 449 418 181.41      
6 A" 276 257 5.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1526.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1421.8 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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
0.16717 0.09074 0.06352

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.175 0.700 0.000
O2 -1.096 1.387 0.000
Cl3 0.175 -0.656 1.577
Cl4 0.175 -0.656 -1.577

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44522.07922.0792
O21.44522.87672.8767
Cl32.07922.87673.1531
Cl42.07922.87673.1531

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 108.062 O2 S1 Cl4 108.062
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.618
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability