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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.118449
Energy at 298.15K-1393.119192
Nuclear repulsion energy273.932327
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 PBEPBE/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 A' 1196 1179 119.25      
2 A' 447 441 58.29      
3 A' 305 300 9.41      
4 A' 160 158 0.32      
5 A" 404 398 175.13      
6 A" 252 248 7.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1382.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1362.4 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.16115 0.08413 0.05934

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.178 0.718 0.000
O2 -1.113 1.438 0.000
Cl3 0.178 -0.676 1.648
Cl4 0.178 -0.676 -1.648

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.47852.15892.1589
O21.47852.97562.9756
Cl32.15892.97563.2958
Cl42.15892.97563.2958

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 108.327 O2 S1 Cl4 108.327
Cl3 S1 Cl4 99.515
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.655      
2 O -0.352      
3 Cl -0.152      
4 Cl -0.152      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.234 0.908 0.000 1.532
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.918 2.022 0.000
y 2.022 -43.073 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.515
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.123 2.022 0.000
y 2.022 1.144 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.020
Polar
3z2-r2-2.040
x2-y2-0.845
xy2.022
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.031 -1.141 0.000
y -1.141 6.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.519


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 171.564
(<r2>)1/2 13.098