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

using model chemistry: QCISD/cc-pVTZ

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1433.699402
Energy at 298.15K-1433.700673
HF Energy-1432.873266
Nuclear repulsion energy268.743638
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-pVTZ
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 562 537 0.01      
2 A1 363 347 0.21      
3 E 722 690 44.92      
3 E 722 690 44.93      
4 E 269 257 0.20      
4 E 269 257 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1453.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1388.8 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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.11525 0.11525 0.05966

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.559
Cl2 0.000 1.641 -0.077
Cl3 1.421 -0.821 -0.077
Cl4 -1.421 -0.821 -0.077

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.75991.75991.7599
Cl21.75992.84272.8427
Cl31.75992.84272.8427
Cl41.75992.84272.8427

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 107.732 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.732
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.732
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability