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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1386.942060
Energy at 298.15K-1386.942484
Nuclear repulsion energy251.299495
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 B3LYP/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' 1063 1026 69.39      
2 A' 377 364 30.13      
3 A' 243 235 8.31      
4 A' 112 108 1.00      
5 A" 373 360 90.32      
6 A" 208 201 0.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1188.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1146.4 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
0.13443 0.07086 0.04980

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.190 0.810 0.000
O2 -1.189 1.560 0.000
Cl3 0.190 -0.749 1.796
Cl4 0.190 -0.749 -1.796

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.56992.37792.3779
O21.56993.23383.2338
Cl32.37793.23383.5913
Cl42.37793.23383.5913

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 108.248 O2 S1 Cl4 108.248
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.800      
2 O -0.401      
3 Cl -0.200      
4 Cl -0.200      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.225 2.161 0.000 2.485
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.000 2.431 0.000
y 2.431 -43.877 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.144
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.010 2.431 0.000
y 2.431 2.694 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.705
Polar
3z2-r2-7.410
x2-y2-1.123
xy2.431
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.199 -1.619 0.000
y -1.619 7.289 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 11.387


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 200.308
(<r2>)1/2 14.153