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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-55.946242
Energy at 298.15K-55.947095
Nuclear repulsion energy56.522392
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/CEP-121G*
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' 1212 1175 175.67      
2 A' 473 459 71.11      
3 A' 322 312 9.69      
4 A' 169 164 0.19      
5 A" 437 423 189.83      
6 A" 262 254 4.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1437.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9694) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1393.1 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 B3LYP/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.16147 0.08529 0.06007

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.179 0.725 0.000
O2 -1.119 1.422 0.000
Cl3 0.179 -0.676 1.635
Cl4 0.179 -0.676 -1.635

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.47332.15322.1532
O21.47332.95982.9598
Cl32.15322.95983.2699
Cl42.15322.95983.2699

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 107.934 O2 S1 Cl4 107.934
Cl3 S1 Cl4 98.809
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.654      
2 O -0.323      
3 Cl -0.166      
4 Cl -0.166      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.554 0.601 0.000 1.667
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.526 2.591 0.000
y 2.591 -41.267 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.856
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.965 2.591 0.000
y 2.591 0.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.041
Polar
3z2-r20.082
x2-y2-1.259
xy2.591
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.553 -1.137 0.000
y -1.137 7.336 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.657


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000