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All results from a given calculation for AsCl3 (Arsenous trichloride)

using model chemistry: SVWN/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at SVWN/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3608.578034
Energy at 298.15K-3608.576585
HF Energy-3608.578034
Nuclear repulsion energy555.249962
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 SVWN/6-31G(2df,p)
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 440 434 17.54      
2 A1 191 189 1.98      
3 E 418 411 86.40      
3 E 418 411 86.39      
4 E 149 147 0.54      
4 E 149 147 0.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 882.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9852) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 869.2 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 SVWN/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.07248 0.07248 0.04514

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at SVWN/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
As1 0.000 0.000 0.622
Cl2 0.000 1.887 -0.402
Cl3 1.634 -0.943 -0.402
Cl4 -1.634 -0.943 -0.402

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  As1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
As12.14682.14682.1468
Cl22.14683.26793.2679
Cl32.14683.26793.2679
Cl42.14683.26793.2679

picture of Arsenous trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 As1 Cl3 99.123 Cl2 As1 Cl4 99.123
Cl3 As1 Cl4 99.123
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 As 0.513      
2 Cl -0.171      
3 Cl -0.171      
4 Cl -0.171      


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 1.175 1.175
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -55.319 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -55.319 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.536
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.891 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.891 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.782
Polar
3z2-r23.564
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 10.622 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.622 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 7.416


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 236.741
(<r2>)1/2 15.386