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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-876.729994
Energy at 298.15K-876.730909
HF Energy-876.729994
Nuclear repulsion energy131.859213
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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' 1290 1242 117.29      
2 A' 482 464 183.12      
3 A' 301 290 6.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1036.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 998.0 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
1.08993 0.14632 0.12900

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.840 0.000
O2 1.469 0.858 0.000
Cl3 -0.691 -1.145 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 O2 Cl3
P11.46912.1017
O21.46912.9459
Cl32.10172.9459

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 109.908
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.710      
2 O -0.447      
3 Cl -0.263      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.529 1.428 0.000 2.092
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.704 -2.228 0.000
y -2.228 -30.904 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.670
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.917 -2.228 0.000
y -2.228 0.783 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.134
Polar
3z2-r28.268
x2-y2-3.800
xy-2.228
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.695 1.651 0.000
y 1.651 6.460 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.799


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 83.769
(<r2>)1/2 9.153