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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1721.358524
Energy at 298.15K-1721.359493
HF Energy-1721.194545
Nuclear repulsion energy338.481298
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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
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 507 482 42.58      
2 A1 257 244 2.83      
3 E 498 473 163.55      
3 E 498 473 163.54      
4 E 183 174 0.46      
4 E 183 174 0.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1063.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1009.4 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.08412 0.08412 0.04700

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.638
Cl2 0.000 1.800 -0.188
Cl3 1.559 -0.900 -0.188
Cl4 -1.559 -0.900 -0.188

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
P11.98051.98051.9805
Cl21.98053.11773.1177
Cl31.98053.11773.1177
Cl41.98053.11773.1177

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 103.833 Cl2 P1 Cl4 103.833
Cl3 P1 Cl4 103.833
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.497      
2 Cl -0.166      
3 Cl -0.166      
4 Cl -0.166      


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 0.936 0.936
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.946 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -51.946 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -50.620
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.663 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.663 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.326
Polar
3z2-r22.651
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 8.727 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.726 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.259


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 216.751
(<r2>)1/2 14.722