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All results from a given calculation for OPCl (Phosphorus oxychloride)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-876.685443
Energy at 298.15K-876.686383
HF Energy-876.685443
Nuclear repulsion energy132.781423
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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 1302 1252 89.69      
2 A' 505 486 161.50      
3 A' 305 294 3.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1056.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1015.5 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.11024 0.14835 0.13087

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.829 0.000
O2 1.464 0.855 0.000
Cl3 -0.689 -1.134 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 O2 Cl3
P11.46442.0804
O21.46442.9309
Cl32.08042.9309

picture of Phosphorus oxychloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 P1 Cl3 110.337
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.329      
2 O -0.166      
3 Cl -0.162      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.438 0.815 0.000 1.653
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.203 -1.572 0.000
y -1.572 -29.513 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.215
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.339 -1.572 0.000
y -1.572 1.196 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.142
Polar
3z2-r26.285
x2-y2-3.690
xy-1.572
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.003 1.355 0.000
y 1.355 6.593 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.591


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 82.162
(<r2>)1/2 9.064