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

using model chemistry: BLYP/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.291248
Energy at 298.15K-1435.292047
HF Energy-1435.291248
Nuclear repulsion energy259.474307
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 BLYP/Def2TZVPP
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 536 536 0.10      
2 A1 313 313 0.45      
3 E 496 496 136.04      
3 E 496 496 136.05      
4 E 223 223 6.02      
4 E 223 223 6.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1142.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1142.8 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 BLYP/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.10748 0.10748 0.05569

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.586
Cl2 0.000 1.699 -0.080
Cl3 1.471 -0.849 -0.080
Cl4 -1.471 -0.849 -0.080

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.82461.82461.8246
Cl21.82462.94222.9422
Cl31.82462.94222.9422
Cl41.82462.94222.9422

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 107.468 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.468
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.468
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.008      
2 Cl 0.003      
3 Cl 0.003      
4 Cl 0.003      


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 -0.370 0.370
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.401 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.401 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.875
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.237 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.237 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.475
Polar
3z2-r2-4.949
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 9.347 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.511


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 176.268
(<r2>)1/2 13.277