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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1391.976205
Energy at 298.15K-1391.977186
HF Energy-1391.338112
Nuclear repulsion energy280.796610
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 CCD/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 1316 1257 247.82      
2 A' 490 468 94.27      
3 A' 344 329 15.93      
4 A' 195 186 0.27      
5 A" 449 429 190.34      
6 A" 277 265 7.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1536.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1467.0 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
0.16515 0.09013 0.06290

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.176 0.729 0.000
O2 -1.099 1.395 0.000
Cl3 0.176 -0.671 1.588
Cl4 0.176 -0.671 -1.588

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.43812.11752.1175
O21.43812.90142.9014
Cl32.11752.90143.1770
Cl42.11752.90143.1770

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 107.841 O2 S1 Cl4 107.841
Cl3 S1 Cl4 97.212
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability