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All results from a given calculation for PCl3 (Phosphorus trichloride)

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 C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1722.239889
Energy at 298.15K-1722.240865
Nuclear repulsion energy338.812020
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 513 493 36.69      
2 A1 250 241 1.85      
3 E 498 479 162.16      
3 E 498 479 162.17      
4 E 180 173 0.25      
4 E 180 173 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1059.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1018.7 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
0.08434 0.08434 0.04737

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.740
Cl2 0.000 1.842 -0.218
Cl3 1.595 -0.921 -0.218
Cl4 -1.595 -0.921 -0.218

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
P12.07612.07612.0761
Cl22.07613.19003.1900
Cl32.07613.19003.1900
Cl42.07613.19003.1900

picture of Phosphorus trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 P1 Cl3 100.399 Cl2 P1 Cl4 100.399
Cl3 P1 Cl4 100.399
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 0.421      
2 Cl -0.140      
3 Cl -0.140      
4 Cl -0.140      


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 0.847 0.847
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.569 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -50.569 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.487
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.541 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.541 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.082
Polar
3z2-r22.164
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 8.691 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.692 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.292


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 214.999
(<r2>)1/2 14.663