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All results from a given calculation for AsCl3 (Arsenous trichloride)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3613.689435
Energy at 298.15K-3613.688011
HF Energy-3613.472318
Nuclear repulsion energy550.347624
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 B2PLYP/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 A1 437 417 21.40      
2 A1 199 190 2.73      
3 E 415 396 93.40      
3 E 415 396 93.38      
4 E 156 149 0.68      
4 E 156 149 0.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 888.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.955) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 848.5 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 B2PLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.07123 0.07123 0.04429

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
As1 0.000 0.000 0.625
Cl2 0.000 1.905 -0.405
Cl3 1.650 -0.952 -0.405
Cl4 -1.650 -0.952 -0.405

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  As1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
As12.16542.16542.1654
Cl22.16543.29923.2992
Cl32.16543.29923.2992
Cl42.16543.29923.2992

picture of Arsenous trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 As1 Cl3 99.242 Cl2 As1 Cl4 99.242
Cl3 As1 Cl4 99.242
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 As 0.678      
2 Cl -0.226      
3 Cl -0.226      
4 Cl -0.226      


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 1.381 1.381
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -56.360 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -56.360 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.216
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.072 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.072 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.144
Polar
3z2-r24.287
x2-y2-0.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.530 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.529 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.362


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 241.047
(<r2>)1/2 15.526