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

using model chemistry: B1B95/CEP-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-55.695620
Energy at 298.15K-55.696119
Nuclear repulsion energy52.564844
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 B1B95/CEP-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 975 934 103.16      
2 A' 395 378 44.84      
3 A' 260 249 10.61      
4 A' 129 124 0.85      
5 A" 386 369 116.55      
6 A" 219 210 0.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1182.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9575) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1131.9 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 B1B95/CEP-31G
ABC
0.14162 0.07329 0.05221

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.197 0.777 0.000
O2 -1.234 1.491 0.000
Cl3 0.197 -0.716 1.761
Cl4 0.197 -0.716 -1.761

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.59932.30902.3090
O21.59933.16583.1658
Cl32.30903.16583.5225
Cl42.30903.16583.5225

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 106.786 O2 S1 Cl4 106.786
Cl3 S1 Cl4 99.418
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.624      
2 O -0.360      
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
  1.900 1.032 0.000 2.162
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.266 3.401 0.000
y 3.401 -43.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.824
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.340 3.401 0.000
y 3.401 1.517 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.177
Polar
3z2-r2-2.353
x2-y2-1.238
xy3.401
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.404 -2.036 0.000
y -2.036 7.465 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 11.361


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