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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1378.263271
Energy at 298.15K-1378.263828
Nuclear repulsion energy261.433349
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 B3LYP/STO-3G
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' 1139 1017 32.39      
2 A' 465 415 29.84      
3 A' 297 265 11.26      
4 A' 133 119 2.08      
5 A" 442 394 86.62      
6 A" 250 223 0.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1363.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1216.5 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 B3LYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.14753 0.07673 0.05497

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.198 0.781 0.000
O2 -1.238 1.413 0.000
Cl3 0.198 -0.700 1.716
Cl4 0.198 -0.700 -1.716

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.56942.26732.2673
O21.56943.07843.0784
Cl32.26733.07843.4328
Cl42.26733.07843.4328

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 105.260 O2 S1 Cl4 105.260
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.407
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.686      
2 O -0.192      
3 Cl -0.247      
4 Cl -0.247      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.544 2.878 0.000 2.929
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.797 1.689 0.000
y 1.689 -38.463 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.184
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.527 1.689 0.000
y 1.689 3.527 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.054
Polar
3z2-r2-10.108
x2-y2-1.334
xy1.689
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.709 -1.313 0.000
y -1.313 4.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.754


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 182.303
(<r2>)1/2 13.502