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

using model chemistry: G4

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1393.417060
Energy at 298.15K-1393.411305
HF Energy-1393.801532
Nuclear repulsion energy279.794610
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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 1271 1226 142.77      
2 A' 486 469 66.36      
3 A' 333 321 8.13      
4 A' 179 172 0.06      
5 A" 442 427 182.08      
6 A" 272 262 6.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1490.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1438.7 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.16540 0.08885 0.06225

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.176 0.722 0.000
O2 -1.097 1.402 0.000
Cl3 0.176 -0.670 1.601
Cl4 0.176 -0.670 -1.601

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.44322.12192.1219
O21.44322.91182.9118
Cl32.12192.91183.2024
Cl42.12192.91183.2024

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 108.331 O2 S1 Cl4 108.331
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.859
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.485      
2 O -0.162      
3 Cl -0.161      
4 Cl -0.161      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.244 0.518 0.000 1.347
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.511
(<r2>)1/2 12.826