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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.251046
Energy at 298.15K-1391.252252
HF Energy-1391.251046
Nuclear repulsion energy287.809011
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 HF/6-31G*
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' 1356 1218 302.61      
2 A' 550 494 123.69      
3 A' 394 354 14.51      
4 A' 225 202 0.55      
5 A" 522 469 234.14      
6 A" 316 284 3.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1681.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1510.5 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.17495 0.09443 0.06631

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.175 0.700 0.000
O2 -1.095 1.349 0.000
Cl3 0.175 -0.647 1.551
Cl4 0.175 -0.647 -1.551

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.42672.05422.0542
O21.42672.82892.8289
Cl32.05422.82893.1014
Cl42.05422.82893.1014

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 107.349 O2 S1 Cl4 107.349
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.036
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.944      
2 O -0.589      
3 Cl -0.177      
4 Cl -0.177      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.092 0.230 0.000 2.104
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.463 3.086 -0.005
y 3.086 -44.287 0.010
z -0.005 0.010 -44.048
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.296 3.086 -0.005
y 3.086 0.469 0.010
z -0.005 0.010 0.827
Polar
3z2-r21.655
x2-y2-1.177
xy3.086
xz-0.005
yz0.010


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.611 -0.909 0.004
y -0.909 6.169 -0.008
z 0.004 -0.008 8.143


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 157.383
(<r2>)1/2 12.545