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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1390.176327
Energy at 298.15K-1390.177145
Nuclear repulsion energy277.570573
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 LSDA/6-311G*
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' 1235 1215 147.82      
2 A' 464 456 70.07      
3 A' 313 308 9.77      
4 A' 167 164 0.32      
5 A" 417 410 205.80      
6 A" 261 257 6.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1428.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9837) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1405.4 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 LSDA/6-311G*
ABC
0.16394 0.08698 0.06118

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.723 0.000
O2 -1.107 1.409 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.672 1.619
Cl4 0.177 -0.672 -1.619

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.45542.13702.1370
O21.45542.93242.9324
Cl32.13702.93243.2375
Cl42.13702.93243.2375

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 107.923 O2 S1 Cl4 107.923
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.485
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.668      
2 O -0.337      
3 Cl -0.166      
4 Cl -0.166      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.418 0.872 0.000 1.665
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.186 2.469 0.000
y 2.469 -44.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -45.542
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.327 2.469 0.000
y 2.469 1.188 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.861
Polar
3z2-r2-1.722
x2-y2-1.010
xy2.469
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.070 -1.086 0.000
y -1.086 7.078 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.489


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000