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All results from a given calculation for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1432.735510
Energy at 298.15K-1432.737012
HF Energy-1432.735510
Nuclear repulsion energy272.026251
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 HF/6-31G**
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 597 538 0.88      
2 A1 392 354 0.22      
3 E 876 791 29.42      
3 E 876 791 29.42      
4 E 306 276 0.00      
4 E 306 276 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1676.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1513.5 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
0.11756 0.11756 0.06036

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.486
Cl2 0.000 1.632 -0.067
Cl3 1.413 -0.816 -0.067
Cl4 -1.413 -0.816 -0.067

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.72251.72251.7225
Cl21.72252.82602.8260
Cl31.72252.82602.8260
Cl41.72252.82602.8260

picture of nitrogen trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 N1 Cl3 110.231 Cl2 N1 Cl4 110.231
Cl3 N1 Cl4 110.231
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.601      
2 Cl 0.200      
3 Cl 0.200      
4 Cl 0.200      


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 -0.736 0.736
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.101 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.101 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.610
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.754 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.754 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.509
Polar
3z2-r2-7.017
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 6.590 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.590 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.010


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.042
(<r2>)1/2 12.808