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All results from a given calculation for AsCl3 (Arsenous trichloride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3614.409142
Energy at 298.15K-3614.407506
HF Energy-3614.409142
Nuclear repulsion energy531.305185
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 BLYP/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 A1 390 387 18.76      
2 A1 179 178 2.48      
3 E 365 362 93.52      
3 E 365 362 93.51      
4 E 148 147 0.62      
4 E 148 147 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 797.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 791.1 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.06642 0.06642 0.04112

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
As1 0.000 0.000 0.637
Cl2 0.000 1.988 -0.412
Cl3 1.722 -0.994 -0.412
Cl4 -1.722 -0.994 -0.412

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  As1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
As12.24792.24792.2479
Cl22.24793.44383.4438
Cl32.24793.44383.4438
Cl42.24793.44383.4438

picture of Arsenous trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 As1 Cl3 99.995 Cl2 As1 Cl4 99.995
Cl3 As1 Cl4 99.995
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 As 0.397      
2 Cl -0.132      
3 Cl -0.132      
4 Cl -0.132      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 1.879 1.879
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -57.220 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -57.220 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.787
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.717 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.717 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.433
Polar
3z2-r26.867
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.398 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.397 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 6.419


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 256.712
(<r2>)1/2 16.022