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

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1385.316499
Energy at 298.15K-1385.317493
Nuclear repulsion energy283.647203
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 CID/3-21G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 1327 1234 191.70      
2 A' 498 464 105.96      
3 A' 352 328 18.71      
4 A' 210 195 0.41      
5 A" 444 413 203.70      
6 A" 271 252 18.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1551.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1443.2 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.16516 0.09369 0.06445

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.175 0.718 0.000
O2 -1.092 1.414 0.000
Cl3 0.175 -0.671 1.558
Cl4 0.175 -0.671 -1.558

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44482.08692.0869
O21.44482.89402.8940
Cl32.08692.89403.1155
Cl42.08692.89403.1155

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 108.693 O2 S1 Cl4 108.693
Cl3 S1 Cl4 96.568
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability