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All results from a given calculation for PCl3 (Phosphorus trichloride)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-50.349463
Energy at 298.15K-50.350316
Nuclear repulsion energy48.265287
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/CEP-121G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 467 426 46.44      
2 A1 229 209 7.02      
3 E 483 440 120.25      
3 E 483 440 120.25      
4 E 166 152 1.57      
4 E 166 152 1.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 997.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9125) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 909.7 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/CEP-121G
ABC
0.07510 0.07510 0.04224

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.825
Cl2 0.000 1.950 -0.196
Cl3 1.689 -0.975 -0.196
Cl4 -1.689 -0.975 -0.196
X5 0.000 0.000 1.825

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4 X5
P12.20152.20152.20151.0000
Cl22.20153.37833.37832.8086
Cl32.20153.37833.37832.8086
Cl42.20153.37833.37832.8086
X51.00002.80862.80862.8086

picture of Phosphorus trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 P1 Cl3 100.219 Cl2 P1 Cl4 100.219
Cl2 P1 X5 117.629 Cl3 P1 Cl4 100.219
Cl3 P1 X5 117.629 Cl4 P1 X5 117.629
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.722      
2 Cl -0.241      
3 Cl -0.241      
4 Cl -0.241      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 2.338 2.338
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -53.735 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -53.735 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.277
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.729 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.729 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.458
Polar
3z2-r210.917
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.939 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.939 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.058


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 116.524
(<r2>)1/2 10.795