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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1377.649881
Energy at 298.15K-1377.650369
Nuclear repulsion energy258.868903
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/STO-3G
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' 1116 1019 21.15      
2 A' 445 407 24.93      
3 A' 283 258 9.37      
4 A' 126 115 2.15      
5 A" 430 393 82.90      
6 A" 243 222 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1321.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9136) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1207.1 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.14741 0.07416 0.05360

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.199 0.772 0.000
O2 -1.245 1.423 0.000
Cl3 0.199 -0.698 1.748
Cl4 0.199 -0.698 -1.748

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.58472.28412.2841
O21.58473.10523.1052
Cl32.28413.10523.4965
Cl42.28413.10523.4965

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 105.330 O2 S1 Cl4 105.330
Cl3 S1 Cl4 99.883
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.642      
2 O -0.151      
3 Cl -0.245      
4 Cl -0.245      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.314 2.951 0.000 2.967
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.396 1.365 0.000
y 1.365 -38.182 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.325
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.857 1.365 0.000
y 1.365 3.679 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.536
Polar
3z2-r2-11.071
x2-y2-1.215
xy1.365
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.735 -1.285 0.000
y -1.285 3.874 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.832


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.989
(<r2>)1/2 13.638