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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.765312
Energy at 298.15K-1393.766113
HF Energy-1393.765312
Nuclear repulsion energy276.569029
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 TPSSh/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' 1235 1185 146.26      
2 A' 460 441 68.61      
3 A' 318 305 11.36      
4 A' 169 162 0.33      
5 A" 412 396 182.02      
6 A" 258 247 9.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1425.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1367.7 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 TPSSh/6-31G*
ABC
0.16292 0.08633 0.06069

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.174 0.689 0.000
O2 -1.085 1.418 0.000
Cl3 0.174 -0.658 1.607
Cl4 0.174 -0.658 -1.607

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.45412.09742.0974
O21.45412.91162.9116
Cl32.09742.91163.2143
Cl42.09742.91163.2143

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 108.785 O2 S1 Cl4 108.785
Cl3 S1 Cl4 100.041
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.720      
2 O -0.395      
3 Cl -0.162      
4 Cl -0.162      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.370 0.866 0.000 1.620
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.950 -1.119 0.000
y -1.119 6.814 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.170


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 168.509
(<r2>)1/2 12.981