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Experimental data for HOCl+ (hypochlorous acid cation)

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Other names
Hypochlorous acid;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/ClHO/c1-2/h2H QWPPOHNGKGFGJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N ClO Hypochlorous acid
State Conformation
1A' CS
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Hfg(298.15K) enthalpy of formation -74.50 2.10 kJ mol-1 JANAF
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation -71.50 2.10 kJ mol-1 JANAF
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 236.50 0.42 J K-1 mol-1 JANAF
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 10.24   kJ mol-1 JANAF
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 37.26   J K-1 mol-1 webbook
Information can also be found for this species in the NIST Chemistry Webbook
Vibrational levels (cm-1) vibrations
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Intensity Comment Description
Fundamental(cm-1) Harmonic(cm-1) Reference (km mol-1) unc. Reference
1 A' 3609 3794 VEEL5       OH str
2 A' 1239 1276 VEEL5       bend
3 A' 724 743 Shim       CCl stretch

vibrational zero-point energy: 2786.2 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for HOCl+ (hypochlorous acid cation).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
20.46362 0.50424 0.49120 1994Jun/Laf:583

Calculated rotational constants for HOCl+ (hypochlorous acid cation).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
945.1717amu3Å6   4.32791471237769E-117gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of hypochlorous acid cation

Point Group Cs


Internal coordinates
distances (r) in Å, angles (a) in degrees, dihedrals (d) in degrees
Description Value unc. Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rOH 0.973 0.002 1 2 1986Dar/Ger117-130 re value
rClO 1.697 0.001 1 3 1986Dar/Ger117-130 re value
aHOCl 102.45 0.42 2 1 3 1986Dar/Ger117-130 re value

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.0366 1.1018 0.0000
H2 -0.9138 1.3116 0.0000
Cl3 0.0366 -0.5956 0.0000

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  O1 H2 Cl3
O1   0.97321.6974
H2 0.9732   2.1309
Cl3 1.69742.1309  

Calculated geometries for HOCl+ (hypochlorous acid cation).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 O1 Cl3 102.450

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
H-O 1
O-Cl 1

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
O1 H2
O1 Cl3
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A'

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
11.120 0.010     webbook
Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Electric dipole moment dipole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Dipole (Debye) Reference comment Point Group Components
x y z total dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A' Cs True 1.463 0.363   1.507 1996Mod/DeN:1645 μa 0.36295(25) μb=1.463(30) Cs 2 3
Experimental dipole measurement abbreviations: MW microwave; DT Dielectric with Temperature variation; DR Indirect (usually an upper limit); MB Molecular beam
Calculated electric dipole moments for HOCl+ (hypochlorous acid cation).
Electric quadrupole moment quadrupole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Quadrupole (D Å) Reference comment Point Group Components
xx yy zz dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A' Cs True       Cs 2 3

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for HOCl+ (hypochlorous acid cation).

References
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squib reference DOI
1986Dar/Ger117-130 WD Anderson,MCLGerry, RW Davis "The Microwave Spectrum of Isotopically Substituted Hypochlorous Acid: Determination of the Molecular Structure" J. MOL. SPECT. 115, 1 I7- 130 ( 1986) 10.1016/0022-2852(86)90280-8
1994Jun/Laf:583 Junttila, M.L.; Lafferty, W.J.; Burkholder, J.B. "The High Resolution Spectrum of the Nu(1) Band and Ground-State Rotational-Constants of HOCl." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 164, 583-585 (1994) 10.1006/jmsp.1994.1102
1996Mod/DeN:1645 G Modugno, P De Natale, M Bellini, M Inguscio, G Di Lonardo, L Fusina, J Vander Auwera "Precise measurement of molecular dipole moments with a tunable far-infrared Stark Spectrometer: application to HOCl" J. Opt. Soc. Am. B Vol 13 No 8 1996 p 1645-1649 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001645
JANAF Chase, M.W., Jr.; Davies, C.A.; Downey, J.R., Jr.; Frurip, D.J.; McDonald, R.A.; Syverud, A.N., JANAF Thermochemical Tables (Third Edition), J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data,Suppl. 1, 1985, 14, 1.  
Shim Shimanouchi, T. , Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies, Consolidated Volu 10.6028/NBS.NSRDS.39
VEEL5 M.E. Jacox, Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels of Polyatomic Transient Molecules, J. Phys. Chem.Ref. Data, Monograph 3 (1994) (updated data in NIST Chemistry Webbook - http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/  
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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