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All results from a given calculation for PCl5 (Phosphorus pentachloride)

using model chemistry: B1B95/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3H 1A1'
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2642.737755
Energy at 298.15K-2642.739165
Nuclear repulsion energy795.644155
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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
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' 384 369 0.00      
2 A1' 287 276 0.00      
3 A2" 482 463 361.55      
4 A2" 292 280 7.39      
5 E' 571 549 191.52      
5 E' 571 549 191.45      
6 E' 264 254 3.25      
6 E' 264 254 3.26      
7 E' 84 80 0.40      
7 E' 84 80 0.40      
8 E" 252 242 0.00      
8 E" 252 242 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1892.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1819.4 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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.03804 0.03096 0.03096

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cl2 0.000 2.055 0.000
Cl3 1.780 -1.028 0.000
Cl4 -1.780 -1.028 0.000
Cl5 0.000 0.000 2.148
Cl6 0.000 0.000 -2.148

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
P12.05542.05542.05542.14842.1484
Cl22.05543.56013.56012.97332.9733
Cl32.05543.56013.56012.97332.9733
Cl42.05543.56013.56012.97332.9733
Cl52.14842.97332.97332.97334.2969
Cl62.14842.97332.97332.97334.2969

picture of Phosphorus pentachloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 P1 Cl3 120.000 Cl2 P1 Cl4 120.000
Cl2 P1 Cl5 90.000 Cl2 P1 Cl6 90.000
Cl3 P1 Cl4 120.000 Cl3 P1 Cl5 90.000
Cl3 P1 Cl6 90.000 Cl4 P1 Cl5 90.000
Cl4 P1 Cl6 90.000 Cl5 P1 Cl6 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.373      
2 Cl -0.017      
3 Cl -0.017      
4 Cl -0.017      
5 Cl -0.162      
6 Cl -0.162      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -72.558 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -72.558 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -79.694
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.568 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.568 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.136
Polar
3z2-r2-14.272
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 10.235 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.234 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 11.886


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 419.203
(<r2>)1/2 20.474