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All results from a given calculation for OPCl (Phosphorus oxychloride)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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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-874.940843
Energy at 298.15K-874.941698
HF Energy-874.940843
Nuclear repulsion energy125.739699
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' 1201 1084 115.16      
2 A' 446 402 168.85      
3 A' 284 256 8.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 965.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 871.3 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
0.92969 0.13522 0.11805

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)
P1 0.000 0.908 0.000
O2 1.530 0.845 0.000
Cl3 -0.720 -1.199 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 O2 Cl3
P11.53142.2268
O21.53143.0398
Cl32.22683.0398

picture of Phosphorus oxychloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 P1 Cl3 106.494
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 1.086      
2 O -0.678      
3 Cl -0.408      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.906 3.072 0.000 3.615
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.135 -3.696 0.000
y -3.696 -32.497 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.968
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.403 -3.696 0.000
y -3.696 1.055 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.348
Polar
3z2-r212.696
x2-y2-5.638
xy-3.696
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.813 1.954 0.000
y 1.954 6.600 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.231


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 90.800
(<r2>)1/2 9.529