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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.266240
Energy at 298.15K-1393.267161
HF Energy-1393.266240
Nuclear repulsion energy280.311072
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 1259 1202 193.90      
2 A' 483 461 78.86      
3 A' 337 321 11.28      
4 A' 181 172 0.22      
5 A" 441 421 199.74      
6 A" 274 261 5.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1486.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1419.7 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.16687 0.08904 0.06259

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.177 0.712 0.000
O2 -1.109 1.395 0.000
Cl3 0.177 -0.664 1.599
Cl4 0.177 -0.664 -1.599

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.45612.10962.1096
O21.45612.90692.9069
Cl32.10962.90693.1981
Cl42.10962.90693.1981

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 107.813 O2 S1 Cl4 107.813
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.571
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.497      
2 O -0.374      
3 Cl -0.062      
4 Cl -0.062      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.628 0.449 0.000 1.688
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.077 2.639 0.000
y 2.639 -43.789 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.013
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.176 2.639 0.000
y 2.639 0.756 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.420
Polar
3z2-r20.841
x2-y2-1.288
xy2.639
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.142 -1.162 0.000
y -1.162 7.579 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.661


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.675
(<r2>)1/2 12.833