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All results from a given calculation for PCl3 (Phosphorus trichloride)

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1719.382076
Energy at 298.15K-1719.383249
Nuclear repulsion energy343.267172
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 HF/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 545 496 36.85      
2 A1 281 256 2.16      
3 E 538 490 161.06      
3 E 538 490 161.06      
4 E 204 185 0.28      
4 E 204 185 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1154.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9104) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1051.0 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 HF/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.08656 0.08656 0.04859

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.729
Cl2 0.000 1.818 -0.214
Cl3 1.575 -0.909 -0.214
Cl4 -1.575 -0.909 -0.214
X5 0.000 0.000 1.729

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4 X5
P12.04862.04862.04861.0000
Cl22.04863.14973.14972.6615
Cl32.04863.14973.14972.6615
Cl42.04863.14973.14972.6615
X51.00002.66152.66152.6615

picture of Phosphorus trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 P1 Cl3 100.481 Cl2 P1 Cl4 100.481
Cl2 P1 X5 117.420 Cl3 P1 Cl4 100.481
Cl3 P1 X5 117.420 Cl4 P1 X5 117.420
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.673      
2 Cl -0.224      
3 Cl -0.224      
4 Cl -0.224      


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 0.634 0.634
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.161 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -51.161 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -50.869
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.146 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.146 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.291
Polar
3z2-r20.583
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 10.590 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.590 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.872


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 210.862
(<r2>)1/2 14.521