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

using model chemistry: CCSD/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1392.259312
Energy at 298.15K-1392.260373
HF Energy-1391.426349
Nuclear repulsion energy283.970079
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 1291 1215 180.88      
2 A' 515 485 79.52      
3 A' 356 336 8.07      
4 A' 198 186 0.10      
5 A" 481 453 183.94      
6 A" 290 273 2.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1565.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9412) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1473.4 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.16804 0.09286 0.06471

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.176 0.711 0.000
O2 -1.102 1.370 0.000
Cl3 0.176 -0.657 1.558
Cl4 0.176 -0.657 -1.558

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.43842.07302.0730
O21.43842.85802.8580
Cl32.07302.85803.1155
Cl42.07302.85803.1155

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 107.587 O2 S1 Cl4 107.587
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.433
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability