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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.773108
Energy at 298.15K-1393.774089
HF Energy-1393.773108
Nuclear repulsion energy280.346489
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 wB97X-D/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' 1301 1244 211.48      
2 A' 494 472 91.75      
3 A' 346 331 12.36      
4 A' 187 179 0.31      
5 A" 450 430 215.13      
6 A" 284 271 6.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1530.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1463.6 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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
ABC
0.16646 0.08908 0.06257

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.174 0.700 0.000
O2 -1.089 1.388 0.000
Cl3 0.174 -0.656 1.590
Cl4 0.174 -0.656 -1.590

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.43892.08982.0898
O21.43892.88182.8818
Cl32.08982.88183.1803
Cl42.08982.88183.1803

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 108.085 O2 S1 Cl4 108.085
Cl3 S1 Cl4 99.088
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.773      
2 O -0.404      
3 Cl -0.184      
4 Cl -0.184      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.680 0.791 0.000 1.857
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.118 2.786 0.000
y 2.786 -44.027 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -45.050
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.580 2.786 0.000
y 2.786 1.058 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.478
Polar
3z2-r2-0.956
x2-y2-1.091
xy2.786
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.890 -1.083 0.000
y -1.083 6.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.947


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 165.012
(<r2>)1/2 12.846