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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1387.243760
Energy at 298.15K-1387.244681
HF Energy-1387.243760
Nuclear repulsion energy280.719735
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 wB97X-D/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' 1285 1218 138.51      
2 A' 485 460 85.96      
3 A' 338 320 12.91      
4 A' 190 180 0.47      
5 A" 430 407 195.63      
6 A" 269 255 11.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1498.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9478) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1420.0 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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
ABC
0.16358 0.09088 0.06291

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.173 0.696 0.000
O2 -1.078 1.424 0.000
Cl3 0.173 -0.662 1.579
Cl4 0.173 -0.662 -1.579

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44712.08292.0829
O21.44712.90002.9000
Cl32.08292.90003.1583
Cl42.08292.90003.1583

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 109.146 O2 S1 Cl4 109.146
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.598
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.755      
2 O -0.363      
3 Cl -0.196      
4 Cl -0.196      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.462 0.957 0.000 1.747
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.348 2.410 0.000
y 2.410 -43.438 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.781
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.239 2.410 0.000
y 2.410 1.126 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.887
Polar
3z2-r2-1.775
x2-y2-0.910
xy2.410
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.477 -1.026 0.000
y -1.026 6.255 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.276


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 163.862
(<r2>)1/2 12.801