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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.833058
Energy at 298.15K-1393.833679
Nuclear repulsion energy267.441096
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 BLYP/6-311G**
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' 1158 1154 136.91      
2 A' 413 412 54.25      
3 A' 280 279 9.99      
4 A' 147 146 0.24      
5 A" 371 370 172.31      
6 A" 236 235 14.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1302.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1297.2 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.15504 0.07914 0.05608

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.743 0.000
O2 -1.109 1.467 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.695 1.701
Cl4 0.177 -0.695 -1.701

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.47622.22772.2277
O21.47623.03723.0372
Cl32.22773.03723.4027
Cl42.22773.03723.4027

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 108.461 O2 S1 Cl4 108.461
Cl3 S1 Cl4 99.587
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.717      
2 O -0.326      
3 Cl -0.196      
4 Cl -0.196      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.348 1.298 0.000 1.872
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.209 2.483 0.000
y 2.483 -44.330 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -46.681
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.297 2.483 0.000
y 2.483 1.615 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.912
Polar
3z2-r2-3.823
x2-y2-0.879
xy2.483
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.117 -1.205 0.000
y -1.205 7.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.620


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 180.671
(<r2>)1/2 13.441