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

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.862524
Energy at 298.15K-1391.863472
HF Energy-1391.247889
Nuclear repulsion energy281.204778
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 CCSD/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' 1258 1188 181.64      
2 A' 489 461 85.17      
3 A' 343 324 13.02      
4 A' 193 182 0.37      
5 A" 452 427 176.82      
6 A" 274 258 4.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1503.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1420.1 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
0.16577 0.09065 0.06328

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.175 0.699 0.000
O2 -1.096 1.397 0.000
Cl3 0.175 -0.657 1.578
Cl4 0.175 -0.657 -1.578

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.45102.08072.0807
O21.45102.88602.8860
Cl32.08072.88603.1562
Cl42.08072.88603.1562

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 108.284 O2 S1 Cl4 108.284
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability