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

using model chemistry: HF/cc-pVQZ

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/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-513.915825
Energy at 298.15K-513.915823
HF Energy-513.915825
Nuclear repulsion energy38.413261
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/cc-pVQZ
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 817 742 65.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 408.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9084) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 371.1 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/cc-pVQZ
B
0.62734

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.161
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2
N11.6393
Cl21.6393

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/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.088      
2 Cl 0.088      


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 0.605 0.605
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.877 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.877 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.227
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.175 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.175 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.351
Polar
3z2-r2-0.701
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 2.204 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.204 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.990


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.563
(<r2>)1/2 4.956

State 2 (1Σ)

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Energy calculated at HF/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-513.821645
Energy at 298.15K-513.821674
Nuclear repulsion energy39.922248
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/cc-pVQZ
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 929 844 64.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 464.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9084) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 421.9 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/cc-pVQZ
B
0.67760

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.117
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.460

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2
N11.5774
Cl21.5774

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/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.209      
2 Cl 0.209      


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 1.252 1.252
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.517 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.289 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.681
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.468 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.690 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.778
Polar
3z2-r2-1.555
x2-y22.772
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.119 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.106 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.032


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.681
(<r2>)1/2 4.866