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

using model chemistry: QCISD/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1433.427217
Energy at 298.15K-1433.428399
HF Energy-1432.801079
Nuclear repulsion energy263.997546
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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
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 551 529 0.54      
2 A1 353 339 0.23      
3 E 668 640 59.85      
3 E 668 640 59.84      
4 E 263 252 0.49      
4 E 263 252 0.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1382.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1326.4 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.11128 0.11128 0.05768

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.578
Cl2 0.000 1.669 -0.079
Cl3 1.446 -0.835 -0.079
Cl4 -1.446 -0.835 -0.079

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.79401.79401.7940
Cl21.79402.89112.8911
Cl31.79402.89112.8911
Cl41.79402.89112.8911

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 107.365 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.365
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.365
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability