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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1390.104494
Energy at 298.15K-1390.105441
Nuclear repulsion energy283.534880
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 LSDA/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' 1266 1246 114.20      
2 A' 502 494 63.00      
3 A' 334 328 5.59      
4 A' 178 175 0.09      
5 A" 461 454 180.46      
6 A" 273 269 2.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1506.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.984) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1482.5 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 LSDA/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.16800 0.09234 0.06434

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.176 0.713 0.000
O2 -1.102 1.388 0.000
Cl3 0.176 -0.662 1.569
Cl4 0.176 -0.662 -1.569

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44562.08652.0865
O21.44562.88082.8808
Cl32.08652.88083.1375
Cl42.08652.88083.1375

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 107.917 O2 S1 Cl4 107.917
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.503
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.353      
2 O -0.102      
3 Cl -0.125      
4 Cl -0.125      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.128 0.320 0.000 1.173
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.444 1.889 0.000
y 1.889 -42.160 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.228
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.250 1.889 0.000
y 1.889 0.676 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.574
Polar
3z2-r21.148
x2-y2-1.284
xy1.889
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.933 -0.856 0.000
y -0.856 7.253 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.376


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