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

using model chemistry: MP2/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 MP2/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1392.232910
Energy at 298.15K-1392.233899
HF Energy-1391.425221
Nuclear repulsion energy282.602136
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 MP2/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' 1307 1241 142.30      
2 A' 501 476 85.14      
3 A' 343 326 12.19      
4 A' 190 180 0.03      
5 A" 454 432 199.74      
6 A" 278 264 7.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1536.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9495) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1459.0 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 MP2/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.16534 0.09241 0.06408

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.724 0.000
O2 -1.107 1.394 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.669 1.567
Cl4 0.177 -0.669 -1.567

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44852.09712.0971
O21.44852.89172.8917
Cl32.09712.89173.1344
Cl42.09712.89173.1344

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 107.886 O2 S1 Cl4 107.886
Cl3 S1 Cl4 96.717
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability