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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.870488
Energy at 298.15K-1391.871459
HF Energy-1391.256085
Nuclear repulsion energy281.728652
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 CCD/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 A' 1281 1208 251.12      
2 A' 489 461 88.09      
3 A' 346 326 13.68      
4 A' 191 180 0.25      
5 A" 454 428 179.50      
6 A" 278 262 4.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1520.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1432.3 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
0.16649 0.09093 0.06354

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.178 0.717 0.000
O2 -1.113 1.390 0.000
Cl3 0.178 -0.664 1.581
Cl4 0.178 -0.664 -1.581

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.45602.09932.0993
O21.45602.89572.8957
Cl32.09932.89573.1612
Cl42.09932.89573.1612

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 107.693 O2 S1 Cl4 107.693
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.686
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability