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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.760472
Energy at 298.15K-1393.761297
Nuclear repulsion energy276.037126
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/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' 1243 1194 154.53      
2 A' 462 444 69.65      
3 A' 319 307 11.41      
4 A' 171 164 0.29      
5 A" 418 402 181.48      
6 A" 260 250 9.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1436.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1379.8 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.16275 0.08573 0.06036

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.722 0.000
O2 -1.106 1.422 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.674 1.632
Cl4 0.177 -0.674 -1.632

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.46182.14762.1476
O21.46182.95022.9502
Cl32.14762.95023.2631
Cl42.14762.95023.2631

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 108.142 O2 S1 Cl4 108.142
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.876
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.738      
2 O -0.404      
3 Cl -0.167      
4 Cl -0.167      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.459 0.865 0.000 1.697
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.183 2.357 0.000
y 2.357 -43.273 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.529
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.282 2.357 0.000
y 2.357 1.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.801
Polar
3z2-r2-1.601
x2-y2-0.910
xy2.357
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.920 -1.103 0.000
y -1.103 6.831 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.229


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 169.325
(<r2>)1/2 13.013