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

using model chemistry: B1B95/cc-pVTZ

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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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1394.023091
Energy at 298.15K-1394.024090
Nuclear repulsion energy283.828185
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-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' 1287 1232 172.59      
2 A' 505 483 75.47      
3 A' 346 332 7.91      
4 A' 186 178 0.07      
5 A" 462 443 193.39      
6 A" 281 269 4.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1534.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9571) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1468.2 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-pVTZ
ABC
0.16892 0.09227 0.06448

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.715 0.000
O2 -1.103 1.376 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.660 1.569
Cl4 0.177 -0.660 -1.569

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44042.08682.0868
O21.44042.87192.8719
Cl32.08682.87193.1380
Cl42.08682.87193.1380

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 107.605 O2 S1 Cl4 107.605
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.506
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.597      
2 O -0.331      
3 Cl -0.133      
4 Cl -0.133      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.447 0.191 0.000 1.460
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.985 2.431 0.000
y 2.431 -42.485 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.192
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.646 2.431 0.000
y 2.431 0.603 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.043
Polar
3z2-r22.085
x2-y2-1.499
xy2.431
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.879 -0.929 0.000
y -0.929 7.268 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.304


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 159.954
(<r2>)1/2 12.647