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All results from a given calculation for PCl5 (Phosphorus pentachloride)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3H 1A1'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2635.693517
Energy at 298.15K-2635.694851
Nuclear repulsion energy799.417704
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 LSDA/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1' 383 377 0.00      
2 A1' 281 276 0.00      
3 A2" 452 445 319.28      
4 A2" 291 286 9.82      
5 E' 564 555 177.81      
5 E' 564 555 177.90      
6 E' 258 254 3.45      
6 E' 258 254 3.46      
7 E' 86 84 0.68      
7 E' 86 84 0.68      
8 E" 250 246 0.00      
8 E" 250 246 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1859.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1832.0 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
0.03843 0.03125 0.03125

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

Point Group is D3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cl2 0.000 2.045 0.000
Cl3 1.771 -1.022 0.000
Cl4 -1.771 -1.022 0.000
Cl5 0.000 0.000 2.140
Cl6 0.000 0.000 -2.140

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
P12.04482.04482.04482.13972.1397
Cl22.04483.54173.54172.95972.9597
Cl32.04483.54173.54172.95972.9597
Cl42.04483.54173.54172.95972.9597
Cl52.13972.95972.95972.95974.2794
Cl62.13972.95972.95972.95974.2794

picture of Phosphorus pentachloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 P1 Cl3 120.000 Cl2 P1 Cl4 120.000
Cl2 P1 Cl5 90.000 Cl2 P1 Cl6 90.000
Cl3 P1 Cl4 120.000 Cl3 P1 Cl5 90.000
Cl3 P1 Cl6 90.000 Cl4 P1 Cl5 90.000
Cl4 P1 Cl6 90.000 Cl5 P1 Cl6 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P -0.377      
2 Cl 0.180      
3 Cl 0.180      
4 Cl 0.180      
5 Cl -0.081      
6 Cl -0.081      


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


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -73.698 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -73.698 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -81.640
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.971 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.971 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.942
Polar
3z2-r2-15.885
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.383 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.384 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 13.661


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000