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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.340139
Energy at 298.15K-1391.341352
Nuclear repulsion energy286.563986
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 HF/6-311G**
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' 1355 1231 339.39      
2 A' 545 495 129.43      
3 A' 392 356 15.90      
4 A' 223 202 0.45      
5 A" 514 467 242.72      
6 A" 316 287 4.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1672.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1519.5 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.17297 0.09360 0.06562

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.174 0.711 0.000
O2 -1.088 1.356 0.000
Cl3 0.174 -0.654 1.558
Cl4 0.174 -0.654 -1.558

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.41712.07132.0713
O21.41712.83862.8386
Cl32.07132.83863.1161
Cl42.07132.83863.1161

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 107.441 O2 S1 Cl4 107.441
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.563
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.951      
2 O -0.556      
3 Cl -0.197      
4 Cl -0.197      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.177 0.305 0.000 2.198
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.088 3.395 0.000
y 3.395 -44.814 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.683
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.340 3.395 0.000
y 3.395 0.571 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.768
Polar
3z2-r21.537
x2-y2-1.274
xy3.395
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.594 -0.917 0.000
y -0.917 6.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.304


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 159.072
(<r2>)1/2 12.612