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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1378.145694
Energy at 298.15K-1378.146288
Nuclear repulsion energy262.784561
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/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 1156 1023 32.45      
2 A' 474 420 31.27      
3 A' 303 268 11.57      
4 A' 137 121 2.12      
5 A" 451 399 90.49      
6 A" 255 226 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1388.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.885) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1228.6 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.14919 0.07751 0.05555

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.197 0.775 0.000
O2 -1.234 1.407 0.000
Cl3 0.197 -0.696 1.708
Cl4 0.197 -0.696 -1.708

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.56502.25352.2535
O21.56503.06373.0637
Cl32.25353.06373.4156
Cl42.25353.06373.4156

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 105.280 O2 S1 Cl4 105.280
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.552
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.687      
2 O -0.191      
3 Cl -0.248      
4 Cl -0.248      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.530 2.867 0.000 2.915
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.793 1.670 0.000
y 1.670 -38.506 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.200
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.560 1.670 0.000
y 1.670 3.490 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.050
Polar
3z2-r2-10.100
x2-y2-1.287
xy1.670
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.697 -1.302 0.000
y -1.302 3.932 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.610


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 180.686
(<r2>)1/2 13.442