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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1385.392606
Energy at 298.15K-1385.393479
HF Energy-1384.838207
Nuclear repulsion energy280.465090
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 CCD/3-21G*
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' 1304 1247 162.70      
2 A' 471 450 87.38      
3 A' 329 315 19.44      
4 A' 197 188 0.32      
5 A" 413 395 169.50      
6 A" 252 241 22.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1483.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1418.6 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
0.16065 0.09186 0.06293

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.175 0.730 0.000
O2 -1.093 1.440 0.000
Cl3 0.175 -0.682 1.574
Cl4 0.175 -0.682 -1.574

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.45362.11412.1141
O21.45362.93052.9305
Cl32.11412.93053.1477
Cl42.11412.93053.1477

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 109.041 O2 S1 Cl4 109.041
Cl3 S1 Cl4 96.221
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability