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

using model chemistry: B1B95/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.927315
Energy at 298.15K-1393.928221
Nuclear repulsion energy278.613041
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 B1B95/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' 1245 1197 163.61      
2 A' 485 466 72.95      
3 A' 329 316 9.19      
4 A' 176 169 0.24      
5 A" 445 427 187.90      
6 A" 265 255 5.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1472.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1415.2 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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.16347 0.08856 0.06199

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.179 0.724 0.000
O2 -1.118 1.405 0.000
Cl3 0.179 -0.671 1.602
Cl4 0.179 -0.671 -1.602

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.46512.12492.1249
O21.46512.92622.9262
Cl32.12492.92623.2048
Cl42.12492.92623.2048

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 107.772 O2 S1 Cl4 107.772
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.892
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.631      
2 O -0.321      
3 Cl -0.155      
4 Cl -0.155      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.462 0.644 0.000 1.598
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.844 2.372 0.000
y 2.372 -42.581 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.234
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.937 2.372 0.000
y 2.372 0.959 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.022
Polar
3z2-r2-0.043
x2-y2-1.264
xy2.372
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.845 -1.085 0.000
y -1.085 6.520 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.695


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 165.415
(<r2>)1/2 12.861