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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.974822
Energy at 298.15K-1391.975649
HF Energy-1391.313587
Nuclear repulsion energy275.134381
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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ
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' 1201 1175        
2 A' 460 450        
3 A' 313 307        
4 A' 174 170        
5 A" 426 417        
6 A" 253 248        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1413.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9788) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1383.2 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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.15788 0.08695 0.06049

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.180 0.740 0.000
O2 -1.126 1.433 0.000
Cl3 0.180 -0.685 1.617
Cl4 0.180 -0.685 -1.617

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.47842.15582.1558
O21.47842.96772.9677
Cl32.15582.96773.2342
Cl42.15582.96773.2342

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 108.043 O2 S1 Cl4 108.043
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.201
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability