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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1387.140088
Energy at 298.15K-1387.140893
Nuclear repulsion energy277.914076
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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' 1246 1195 119.38      
2 A' 459 440 73.55      
3 A' 316 304 12.93      
4 A' 179 172 0.36      
5 A" 401 385 179.29      
6 A" 252 242 17.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1426.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1368.3 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.16064 0.08885 0.06149

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.176 0.724 0.000
O2 -1.099 1.444 0.000
Cl3 0.176 -0.680 1.602
Cl4 0.176 -0.680 -1.602

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.46452.13012.1301
O21.46452.95062.9506
Cl32.13012.95063.2038
Cl42.13012.95063.2038

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 108.930 O2 S1 Cl4 108.930
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.535
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.728      
2 O -0.344      
3 Cl -0.192      
4 Cl -0.192      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.352 1.029 0.000 1.699
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.213 2.262 0.000
y 2.262 -43.318 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.872
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.118 2.262 0.000
y 2.262 1.224 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.106
Polar
3z2-r2-2.213
x2-y2-0.895
xy2.262
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.525 -1.048 0.000
y -1.048 6.376 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.539


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000