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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.251046
Energy at 298.15K-1391.252261
Nuclear repulsion energy287.829497
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/6-31G**
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' 1355 1223 302.56      
2 A' 550 496 123.73      
3 A' 394 355 14.50      
4 A' 225 204 0.55      
5 A" 522 471 233.98      
6 A" 316 285 3.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1681.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1517.5 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.17489 0.09448 0.06633

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.175 0.700 0.000
O2 -1.095 1.349 0.000
Cl3 0.175 -0.647 1.550
Cl4 0.175 -0.647 -1.550

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.42672.05412.0541
O21.42672.82892.8289
Cl32.05412.82893.1005
Cl42.05412.82893.1005

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 107.353 O2 S1 Cl4 107.353
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.004
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.944      
2 O -0.589      
3 Cl -0.177      
4 Cl -0.177      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.092 0.230 0.000 2.105
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.464 3.087 0.000
y 3.087 -44.286 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.047
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.297 3.087 0.000
y 3.087 0.469 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.828
Polar
3z2-r21.657
x2-y2-1.178
xy3.087
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.611 -0.909 0.000
y -0.909 6.170 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.139


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 157.351
(<r2>)1/2 12.544