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Listing of experimental geometry data for SO3 (Sulfur trioxide)

Rotational Constants (cm-1)


See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C
0.34854 0.34854 0.17399
Rotational Constants from 1991Mey/Sut:710
Calculated rotational constants for SO3 (Sulfur trioxide).

Point Group D3h

Internal coordinates

(distances (r) in Å) (angles (a) in degrees) (dihedrals (d) in degrees)
Description Value Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rSO 1.418 1 2 1991Mey/Sut:710
aOSO 120 2 1 3 1991Mey/Sut:710
picture of Sulfur trioxide

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
O=S 3
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
O2 0.0000 1.4175 0.0000
O3 1.2276 -0.7088 0.0000
O4 -1.2276 -0.7088 0.0000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4
S11.41751.41751.4175
O21.41752.45522.4552
O31.41752.45522.4552
O41.41752.45522.4552

Calculated geometries for SO3 (Sulfur trioxide).
References
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squib reference DOI
1991Mey/Sut:710 Meyer, V.; Sutter, D.; Dreizler, H. "The Centrifugally Induced Pure Rotational Spectrum and the Structure of Sulfur Trioxide. A Microwave Fourier Transform Study of a Nonpolar Molecule." Z. Naturforsch. 46a, 710-714 (1991) 10.1515/zna-1991-0811

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