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

using model chemistry: MP2/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.269738
Energy at 298.15K-114.269988
HF Energy-113.942988
Nuclear repulsion energy59.279793
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 MP2/LANL2DZ
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' 1287 1239 150.76      
2 A' 324 312 34.10      
3 A' 227 219 12.85      
4 A' 96 93 0.51      
5 A" 323 311 77.12      
6 A" 190 183 3.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1223.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1178.5 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 MP2/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.12633 0.06756 0.04712

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.188 0.859 0.000
O2 -1.178 1.607 0.000
Cl3 0.188 -0.782 1.841
Cl4 0.188 -0.782 -1.841

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.55772.46562.4656
O21.55773.31093.3109
Cl32.46563.31093.6811
Cl42.46563.31093.6811

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 108.651 O2 S1 Cl4 108.651
Cl3 S1 Cl4 96.571
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability