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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.770135
Energy at 298.15K-1393.770955
Nuclear repulsion energy275.971646
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/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' 1227 1183 184.88      
2 A' 459 443 70.16      
3 A' 318 307 11.12      
4 A' 169 163 0.16      
5 A" 416 401 188.02      
6 A" 261 252 8.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1424.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1373.8 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.16300 0.08559 0.06036

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.178 0.723 0.000
O2 -1.110 1.417 0.000
Cl3 0.178 -0.673 1.633
Cl4 0.178 -0.673 -1.633

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.46322.14802.1480
O21.46322.94832.9483
Cl32.14802.94833.2651
Cl42.14802.94833.2651

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 107.955 O2 S1 Cl4 107.955
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.937
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.549      
2 O -0.379      
3 Cl -0.085      
4 Cl -0.085      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.620 0.626 0.000 1.737
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.240 2.716 0.000
y 2.716 -43.989 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.635
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.928 2.716 0.000
y 2.716 0.948 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.020
Polar
3z2-r2-0.040
x2-y2-1.251
xy2.716
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.285 -1.218 0.000
y -1.218 7.889 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.268


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000