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All results from a given calculation for AsCl3 (Arsenous trichloride)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3616.639844
Energy at 298.15K-3616.638243
HF Energy-3616.639844
Nuclear repulsion energy538.192362
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/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 396 383 23.19      
2 A1 185 179 2.95      
3 E 367 355 107.89      
3 E 367 355 107.89      
4 E 146 141 0.72      
4 E 146 141 0.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 804.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 777.3 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.06816 0.06816 0.04218

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
As1 0.000 0.000 0.633
Cl2 0.000 1.952 -0.409
Cl3 1.690 -0.976 -0.409
Cl4 -1.690 -0.976 -0.409

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  As1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
As12.21272.21272.2127
Cl22.21273.38093.3809
Cl32.21273.38093.3809
Cl42.21273.38093.3809

picture of Arsenous trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 As1 Cl3 99.628 Cl2 As1 Cl4 99.628
Cl3 As1 Cl4 99.628
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 As 0.540      
2 Cl -0.180      
3 Cl -0.180      
4 Cl -0.180      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 2.042 2.042
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -58.676 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -58.676 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.939
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.869 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.869 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.737
Polar
3z2-r27.475
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.297 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.296 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 6.477


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 251.947
(<r2>)1/2 15.873