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All results from a given calculation for PCl3 (Phosphorus trichloride)

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1722.175068
Energy at 298.15K-1722.175928
HF Energy-1722.175068
Nuclear repulsion energy337.914633
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 B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 480 473 23.27      
2 A1 243 240 0.45      
3 E 456 450 148.12      
3 E 456 450 148.11      
4 E 176 174 0.02      
4 E 176 174 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 992.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.987) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 979.8 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 B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.08385 0.08385 0.04689

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.729
Cl2 0.000 1.851 -0.214
Cl3 1.603 -0.926 -0.214
Cl4 -1.603 -0.926 -0.214

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
P12.07782.07782.0778
Cl22.07783.20643.2064
Cl32.07783.20643.2064
Cl42.07783.20643.2064

picture of Phosphorus trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 P1 Cl3 103.563 Cl2 P1 Cl4 103.563
Cl3 P1 Cl4 103.563
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.014      
2 Cl -0.005      
3 Cl -0.005      
4 Cl -0.005      


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 0.565 0.565
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.409 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -50.409 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.985
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.212 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.212 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.424
Polar
3z2-r20.848
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 11.702 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.699 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.354


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 216.496
(<r2>)1/2 14.714