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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3598.243992
Energy at 298.15K-3598.242118
HF Energy-3598.243992
Nuclear repulsion energy513.236740
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 PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G
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 357 354 15.16      
2 A1 145 144 5.49      
3 E 346 343 67.71      
3 E 346 343 67.71      
4 E 112 110 1.41      
4 E 112 110 1.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 708.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 701.7 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 PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G
ABC
0.06213 0.06213 0.03776

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
As1 0.000 0.000 0.637
Cl2 0.000 2.063 -0.412
Cl3 1.786 -1.031 -0.412
Cl4 -1.786 -1.031 -0.412

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  As1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
As12.31432.31432.3143
Cl22.31433.57303.5730
Cl32.31433.57303.5730
Cl42.31433.57303.5730

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 101.056 Cl2 As1 Cl4 101.056
Cl3 As1 Cl4 101.056
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 As 0.700      
2 Cl -0.233      
3 Cl -0.233      
4 Cl -0.233      


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 2.668 2.668
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -60.908 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -60.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.316
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.796 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.796 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.592
Polar
3z2-r211.184
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 10.534 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.535 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.216


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 275.952
(<r2>)1/2 16.612