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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.866484
Energy at 298.15K-1391.867410
HF Energy-1391.246902
Nuclear repulsion energy280.427475
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 QCISD/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 A' 1207 1150 135.11      
2 A' 483 460 81.34      
3 A' 338 322 12.08      
4 A' 189 180 0.35      
5 A" 450 428 172.98      
6 A" 273 260 3.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1470.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1399.9 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.16540 0.08996 0.06295

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.176 0.698 0.000
O2 -1.100 1.396 0.000
Cl3 0.176 -0.657 1.581
Cl4 0.176 -0.657 -1.581

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.45432.08252.0825
O21.45432.88822.8882
Cl32.08252.88823.1629
Cl42.08252.88823.1629

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 108.181 O2 S1 Cl4 108.181
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.819
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability