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All results from a given calculation for NCl (nitrogen monochloride)

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 C*V 3Σ
2 1 yes C*V 1Σ

State 1 (3Σ)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-513.849114
Energy at 298.15K-513.849111
HF Energy-513.849114
Nuclear repulsion energy37.934993
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 Σ 820 740 71.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 410.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 370.1 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**
B
0.61182

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.176
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2
N11.6600
Cl21.6600

picture of nitrogen monochloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
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 -0.137      
2 Cl 0.137      


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 0.522 0.522
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.923 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.923 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.336
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.206 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.413
Polar
3z2-r2-0.825
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 1.418 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.418 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.471


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.944
(<r2>)1/2 4.994

State 2 (1Σ)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-513.750790
Energy at 298.15K-513.750816
Nuclear repulsion energy39.252065
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 Σ 921 832 88.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 460.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 415.8 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 HF/6-31G**
B
0.65504

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.136
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.468

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2
N11.6043
Cl21.6043

picture of nitrogen monochloride state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
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 -0.240      
2 Cl 0.240      


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 1.203 1.203
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.510 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.284 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.711
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.487 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.673 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.814
Polar
3z2-r2-1.628
x2-y22.774
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.401 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.212 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.505


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.109
(<r2>)1/2 4.910