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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G(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 B1B95/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.901647
Energy at 298.15K-1393.902641
Nuclear repulsion energy284.085699
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 B1B95/6-31G(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' 1291 1236 148.52      
2 A' 507 486 72.83      
3 A' 347 332 7.35      
4 A' 187 179 0.09      
5 A" 465 445 190.33      
6 A" 280 268 3.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1538.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1473.2 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 B1B95/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.16892 0.09253 0.06455

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.176 0.714 0.000
O2 -1.098 1.381 0.000
Cl3 0.176 -0.661 1.567
Cl4 0.176 -0.661 -1.567

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.43732.08522.0852
O21.43732.87192.8719
Cl32.08522.87193.1345
Cl42.08522.87193.1345

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 107.814 O2 S1 Cl4 107.814
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.455
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.469      
2 O -0.177      
3 Cl -0.146      
4 Cl -0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.266 0.333 0.000 1.309
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.437 2.098 0.000
y 2.098 -42.096 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.144
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.317 2.098 0.000
y 2.098 0.695 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.622
Polar
3z2-r21.244
x2-y2-1.341
xy2.098
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.854 -0.840 0.000
y -0.840 7.151 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.207


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 159.559
(<r2>)1/2 12.632