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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.350136
Energy at 298.15K-1435.351230
HF Energy-1435.350136
Nuclear repulsion energy265.220231
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 548 530 0.02      
2 A1 349 337 0.25      
3 E 613 592 94.41      
3 E 613 592 94.41      
4 E 252 244 1.49      
4 E 252 244 1.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1313.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9667) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1269.7 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.11223 0.11223 0.05808

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.564
Cl2 0.000 1.663 -0.077
Cl3 1.440 -0.832 -0.077
Cl4 -1.440 -0.832 -0.077

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.78281.78281.7828
Cl21.78282.88092.8809
Cl31.78282.88092.8809
Cl41.78282.88092.8809

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 107.794 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.794
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.794
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.145      
2 Cl 0.048      
3 Cl 0.048      
4 Cl 0.048      


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 -0.462 0.462
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.150 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.150 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.925
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.387 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.387 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.775
Polar
3z2-r2-5.550
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 8.497 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.496 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.269


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 169.906
(<r2>)1/2 13.035